"kizuki" - 1 õppematerjal

Snakes & Earrings

By: Hitomi Kanehara Silvian Karu About the book Published in Japan ("Hebi ni piasu") in 2004 David James Karashima translated it to English and in 2005 the book was realased in GB Was an instant bestseller and sold over a million copies when it first came out In 2007 Yukio Ninagawa directed the film-version Characters Lui Nakazawa ­ 19-year old Barbie-girl Amada Kazunori (18) ­ Ama for short. Heavily pierced and tattooed punk Kizuki Shiabata a.k.a Shiba-San ­ 24 years old tattoo-artist, who owns a punk/alternative store called Desire. Has sadistic and bisexual bents Plot Lui is beautiful, bored and listless. Wandering around the streets of Tokyo at night, she gets invited by a foreigner to step into a club where she meets Ama, who shows her his forked tongue. Finding herself weirdly fascinated with the idea of having a serpentine tongue, Lui spends the night with Ama and immediately moves in with him