Japan Synopsis
花と蛇
The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to the lecherous old man figuring a 90 year old can’t do too much bad with her. Perhaps not, but others can while he watches. She’s put on stage in an underground BDSM sex show and begins a spiraling decent from strongly independent woman to submissive sex slave
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Flower & Snake. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Romance in Japan
270 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Flower & Snake itself).
The 2003–2005 Japan Window
In the crowded 2003-2005 Japan release window, Flower & Snake sits at #271 of 298. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Flower & Snake premiered alongside 95 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 95 other Japan films in 2004.
The 1582nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
34 audience reviews — more than 54% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity (75th percentile) outruns review volume (54th) — a trending, discussed title among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Flower & Snake, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- tango · 1
- bdsm · 10
- japan · 454
- yakuza · 93
- erotic movie · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,317 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,865 of 1,933 (top 96%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, English |
| Production Companies | Femme Fatale Pictures, Toei Video Company, Toei Company, Evolution Entertainment, KinoVista |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | March 13, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0388098 |