Snakes and Earrings
Sep 20 2008
•2h 3m
•Romance, Thriller, Crime
While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.
Cast
See allYuriko Yoshitaka
Lui
Kengo Kora
Ama
Arata Iura
Shiba
Yû Abiru
Maki
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