A Snake of June

A Snake of June
A Snake of June
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shinya Tsukamoto
Written by	Shinya Tsukamoto
Produced by	Shinya Tsukamoto; Shin-Ichi Kawahara;
Cinematography	Shinya Tsukamoto
Edited by	Shinya Tsukamoto; Zenya Ohara;
Music by	Chu Ishikawa
Production; company	Kaijyu Theater
Release dates	September 1, 2002 (Venice); May 24, 2003 (Japan);
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

A Snake of June (Japanese: 六月の蛇, Rokugatsu no hebi)^[1] is a 2002 Japanese erotic thriller film written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto.^[2] His seventh film, it is notable for its monochrome blue cinematography tinted in post production. It won the Kinematrix Film Award and the San Marco Special Jury Award at the 59th Venice International Film Festival.

Plot

Set in an unnamed Japanese metropolis, the film tells the tale of shy career woman, Rinko, and Shigehiko, her hygiene-obsessed, workaholic husband. The couple explore their sexuality in a number of ways, causing their lives to be disrupted.

Cast

Asuka Kurosawa as Rinko Tatsumi
Yuji Kohtari as Shigehiko (as Yuji Koutari)
Shinya Tsukamoto as Iguchi
Masato Tsujioka
Susumu Terajima
Tomorowo Taguchi
Shūji Ōtsuki
Tomoko Matsumoto
Mansaku Fuwa

References

^ Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-8108-5795-7.
^ Fujiki, Hideaki; Phillips, Alastair, eds. (2020). The Japanese Cinema Book. British Film Institute. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-8445-7678-4.

External links

A Snake of June at IMDb
A Snake of June at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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[1] Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-8108-5795-7.

[2] Fujiki, Hideaki; Phillips, Alastair, eds. (2020). The Japanese Cinema Book. British Film Institute. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-8445-7678-4.

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v t e Films directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
1980s	Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
1990s	Hiruko the Goblin (1991) Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) Tokyo Fist (1995) Bullet Ballet (1998) Gemini (1999)
2000s	A Snake of June (2002) Vital (2004) Haze (2005) Female ("Tamamushi" segment, 2005) Nightmare Detective (2006) Nightmare Detective 2 (2008) Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)
2010s	Kotoko (2011) Fires on the Plain (2014) Killing (2018)
2020s	Shadow of Fire (2023)