Snakes and Earrings

Snakes and Earrings

Directed by Yukio Ninagawa

Produced by Amuse Soft Entertainment, Point Break Pictures

2008123 min6.1 / 10

A dark, sensual exploration of obsession and desire that blurs the line between love and self-destruction through body modification and a volatile love triangle.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Snakes and Earrings sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does Snakes and Earrings end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Snakes and Earrings scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Snakes and Earrings easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Snakes and Earrings violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

44/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity75

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise39

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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