Rokugatsu no hebi (2002)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Shinya Tsukamoto

Writer:

Shinya Tsukamoto (writer)

Release Date:

13 June 2003 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Issho ni, jigoku ni ikimashô

Plot:

A man and woman fall into an erotic nightmare when they are stalked by a disturbed man. |

Plot Keywords:

Fetish | Surrealism | Bizarre | Mini Skirt | Telephone

Awards:

5 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Asuka Kurosawa	...	Rinko Tatsumi
Yuji Kohtari	...	Shigehiko (as Yuji Koutari)
Shinya Tsukamoto	...	Iguchi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mansaku Fuwa
Tomoko Matsumoto
Shûji Ôtsuki
Ikko Suzuki
Tomorowo Taguchi
Susumu Terajima
Masato Tsujioka

Directed by
Shinya Tsukamoto

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shinya Tsukamoto		writer

Produced by
Shin-Ichi Kawahara	....	associate producer
Shinya Tsukamoto	....	producer

Original Music by
Chu Ishikawa

Cinematography by
Shinya Tsukamoto

Film Editing by
Shinya Tsukamoto

Production Design by
Shinya Tsukamoto

Costume Design by
Hiroko Iwasaki

Makeup Department
Takashi Oda	....	special makeup effects artist

Special Effects by
Takashi Oda	....	dummy effects

Production Companies

• Kaijyu Theater

Distributors

• Rapid Eye Movies (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Revolver Film (????) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Tartan (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2004) (Netherlands) (all media)
• Mondo Home Entertainment (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2002) (USA) (all media)
• Starmedia Home Entertainment (????) (Germany) (DVD)
• TLA Releasing (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Tartan Video USA (2006) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Tartan Video USA (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Tartan Video (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• There's Enterprise (????) (Japan) (VHS)

Also Known As:

A Snake of June (Canada: English title) (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity and some violence.

Runtime:

77 min | Canada:77 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Germany:16 | Italy:VM14 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Netherlands:16

Company:

Kaijyu Theater

more of this kind of thing !

Another absolute stormer from the man who melted my brain with the excellence of Tetsuo as a teenager to such an extent that I had to pull it out and iron it and put it back in again. Then I went and saw Hiruko The Goblin. Ow....then Shinya popped up acting in Ichi The Killer a couple of years ago and I was reminded once more what a sick, deep and utterly vital gentleman he is. This is his take on the erotic thriller, and is fairly restrained by his standards and all the better for it. OK he does strangle a man with a metal penis at one stage, but one would feel let down without at least a touch of the old body horror. Actually this film has plenty of that, but it's more acutely concerned with a (sadly) more everyday disease that the fetishishic, grim techno porn of his earlier work. interesting performances, utterly compulsive storyline and busy, atmospheric camera-work would recommend this film to anyone fond of the director, and to a wider audience too one hopes.