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 date	September 1, 2002 (Venice Film Festival);
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 film 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 at the Venice Film Festival.

Plot[]

Set in an anonymous 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

References[]

^ Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0810857957.
^ 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
六月の蛇 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 978-0810857957.

[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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1980s	The Phantom of Regular Size (1986) The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo (1987) 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)
2010s	Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2010) Kotoko (2011) Fires on the Plain (2014) Killing (2018)