Snakes and Earrings (2008)
While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.
Director:
Yukio Ninagawa
Writers:
Yukio Ninagawa, Takuya Miyawaki.
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Yuriko Yoshitaka as Lui |
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Kengo Kora as Ama |
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Arata Iura as Shiba |
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Yû Abiru as Maki |
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Sonim as Yuri |
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Yuko Imai as |
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Shūto Ayabe as |
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Hidekazu Ichinose as |
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Masafumi Senô as |
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Ennosuke Ichikawa as Kamejirô Ichikawa |
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Rakkyo Ide as |
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Shun Oguri as Yoshida Mitsuhiro |
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Toshiaki Karasawa as |
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Tatsuya Fujiwara as Yokoyama Satoru |
| Sound | Chara | Theme Song Performance |
| Directing | Yukio Ninagawa | Director |
| Writing | Yukio Ninagawa | Screenplay |
| Production | Yasuhide Uno | Producer |
| Production | Yasuhiro Hasegawa | Producer |
| Art | Hisao Inagaki | Production Design |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Watanabe | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Yutaka Tsurumaki | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Akimasa Kawashima | Editor |
| Production | Yuka Hoshino | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yasushi Minatoya | Line Producer |
| Writing | Takuya Miyawaki | Screenplay |
| Production | Haruo Umekawa | Producer |
| Writing | Hitomi Kanehara | Novel |
| Production | Akira Morishige | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Masamichi Shigeno | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Osamu Fujiishi | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Toshihisa Yamada | Assistant Director |