Flower and Snake (1974)

Original title

花と蛇

Directed by

Masaru Konuma

Genre

drama film, exploitation film, pink film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

R18+

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is kidnapped and held captive by a wealthy man who subjects her to sadomasochistic rituals. The film follows her ordeal and the power dynamics between the captor and his victim.

erotictensedarkintensemelodramaticvisceralprovocativefocused

What happens

Flower and Snake (花と蛇, Hana to hebi) a.k.a. Flowers and Serpents (1974) is a Japanese pink film starring Naomi Tani, directed by Masaru Konuma and produced by Nikkatsu. Based on a novel by Oniroku Dan (born 1931), Japan's best-known author of sadomasochistic (S&M) fiction, Flower and Snake was the first of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films to deal with an S&M theme. Together with the later Wife to Be Sacrificed (also directed by Konuma in 1974, and starring the same female and male leads) this film is credited with starting the S&M Roman Porno series which helped save Nikkatsu from financial collapse during the 1970s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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