Spider Lilies

Spider Lilies

A daring portrait of forbidden love.

Directed by Zero Chou

Produced by 3rd Vision Films

200794 min5.5 / 10

An intimate, melancholic portrait of two women drawn together by desire and symbol, where passion threatens to unearth painful memories and destabilize carefully constructed solitude.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Spider Lilies sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Spider Lilies violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Spider Lilies scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Spider Lilies easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Spider Lilies end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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.

18/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity58

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Spider Lilies

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Spider Lilies

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Spider Lilies, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Spider Lilies, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Spider Lilies, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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