Flower and Snake: Sketch of Hell

1985 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama / Thriller

18
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 236 236

bondage softcore pink film

Plot summary

The daughter of a wealthy family rebels when her father remarries and she becomes a leader of a girl gang. She hatches a plot to use her stepmother to get a large sum of money by pretending to be kidnapped. But the tables are turned when gangsters intervene and capture them both. They are subjected to various humiliations and sexual perversions.

Director

Shôgorô Nishimura Photo
Shôgorô Nishimura

Top cast

Kaori Asô Photo
Kaori Asô as Shizuko Tôyama
Kenji Kodama Photo
Kenji Kodama as Yoshitaka Tôyama
Mari Somei Photo
Mari Somei as Akemi
Sei Hiraizumi Photo
Sei Hiraizumi as Atsushi Tsuyama
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638.38 MB
1280*694
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 9 min
Seeds 2
1.16 GB
1920*1040
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 9 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Musicianmagic 6 / 10

Just OK & no relation to 1974 original

First, it must be said that neither the story, theme or characters are related in any way to the original 1974 Flower & Snake film and novel by Oniroku Dan. He has a credit in this film only because they used the title.A spoiled step-daughter that is part of a small female gang pretends to be kidnapped so the stepmother will bring 3 million yen to pay off her gambling debt. The gang then kidnaps the stepmom and proceeds to assault her. The Yakuza arrives to get paid and finds more value in further assaults to the stepmom and then the stepdaughter as well. Turns out one of the female gang is also an expert in S&M and even has a suitcase full of toys.This shouldn't share the title with the original. It misses all the strong points of the original. The story is just a means to have scenes of sex, bondage and various (I won't give it away) fetishes. All softcore and simulated of course. When those scenes begin in earnest its like they keep checking off one fetish and then another until the two final scenes begin. The sex scenes I didn't find very erotic or interesting. Nor were they important to the story like the original.The acting of the two female leads are just okay. Often not showing emotion when expected. Just not making it believable.This still was watchable but I did find myself get bored at times. Had to hit fast-forward a few times. Rated 6 out of 10 is probably being generous. I only recommend this movie to the real fans of Roman Porno.
Reviewed by christopher-underwood 8 / 10

pause for a disco dance in the midst of all the rape and torture

This is the first of the many remakes of Masaru Konuma's 1974 classic, based in turn upon the writing of Oniroku Dan. Again a big enema scene is at the centre of this telling of the tale and whilst it is a bit wince inducing, it does not quite have the nasty edge of the original. Beautifully, colourfully and gleefully shot, this is an amazingly focused tale of capture, bondage but more especially humiliation. Much is made of the two naked female protagonists being mother and step-daughter and despite the explicit close-ups of the proceedings, there is always room to show the men and women enjoying the 'spectacle'. The serious tone is set at the start and apart from a pause for a disco dance in the midst of all the rape and torture and the eye popping and completely OTT ending, things remain on that level throughout. Amazing and it is only regrettable that the English language does not seem to have words to describe just how amazing Japanese cinema can be.
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