Taiwan Synopsis
刺青
“A daring portrait of forbidden love.”
When Jade, a web-cam girl, visits Takeko's tattoo studio she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily and with Takeko as well. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Takeko's monastic existence and opening up memories which threaten to tear the two women apart.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Spider Lilies. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Romance in Taiwan
26 Taiwan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Spider Lilies itself).
The 2006–2008 Taiwan Window
In the crowded 2006-2008 Taiwan release window, Spider Lilies sits at #11 of 12. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Taiwan, 31 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Spider Lilies premiered alongside 3 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 3 other Taiwan films in 2007.
The 59th Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Audience Engagement
39 audience reviews — more than 72% of Taiwan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 67th percentile among Taiwan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Spider Lilies, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- grandmother granddaughter relationship · 5
- age-gap relationship · 2
- girls love · 24
- earthquake · 14
- tattoo · 8
- brother sister relationship · 6
- woman director · 246
- lgbt · 73
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #150 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (14th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #108 of 118 (top 92%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | 3rd Vision Films |
| Runtime | 1h 34m |
| Release Date | March 30, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt0891457 |
| Official Site | www.encorefilms.com |