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Man of Iron, TSUKAMOTO Shinya

A Snake of June

TSUKAMOTO Shinya

Japan2002 77min 35mm Color

Synopsis

A woman in mid-thirties is married to a guy who is a workaholic and obsessively a clean person. It is June, the rainy season in Japan. One humid, uncomfortable day, she receives an envelope that contains photos of herself masturbating. She starts to feel uneasy and anxious. Then she receives a phone call from the man who sent the photos.

Diretor

TSUKAMOTO Shinya

Born in 1960, he worked at a TV commercial film production. While working, he directed Tetsuo, the Iron Man (1989) which put him in the limelight as a filmmaker. A Snake of June (2002) won the Jury’s Prize at Venice International Film Festival. He completed the trilogy of Tetsuo films with Testuo, the Bullet Man (2009). He’s working as an actor and director.