Snakes and Earrings

Friday, June 26 - Thursday, July 2, 2009

Based on the best-selling novel about a woman who decides that her one goal in life is to have her tongue split, this is the sexy body modification movie you’ve been waiting for. Yuriko Yoshitaka gives an incredibly raw, totally exposed performance that’s cleaning up at the awards and she’s the anchor for this emotional, erotic, disturbing and seductive movie for anyone who ever looked at a pierced tongue and thought, “Well, maybe…”

• Country Japan
• Language Japanese
• Rating NR
• Year 2008
• Running Time 124 minutes
• Director Yukio Ninagawa
• Cast Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kengo Kora, Arata

IFC Center does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. In addition to the synopses, trailers and other links on our website, further information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media, IMDb and DoesTheDogDie.com as well as through general internet searches.