Flower and Snake (1974) Hana to hebi

Shizuko is the aristocratic wife of Senzo Toyama, the president of a large company. Repulsed by her husband, she enlists her lifelong maid to act as a surrogate to appease his sexual desires. When the maid does not satisfy, Senzo often advances on Shizuko. After threatening to divorce him, Senzo orders his employee, Yoshi, to abduct his wife and train her in the ways of sexual submissiveness. Yoshi, who has been rendered impotent due to a childhood trauma, uses the opportunity to rid himself of his affliction. With the help of his domineering mother, the owner of an adult toy store and pornographer, they break Shizuko's will and open her perception of pleasure to torture and humiliation.

Flower and Snake (1974) is a tense watch, the rope bondage, repeated rapes, and multiple forced enemas are not for the less adventurous cinema-fans or the faint of heart, but the pulse-raising sexual seen fervor throughout is undeniable. Censorship of the era dictates that no genitalia can be shown, the sexpot body of Naomi Tani is on full display in all other respects, and she is put through the wringer. The breast-bondage is a sight to behold, and it is both alarming and titillating, her face contorted in expressions of both extreme pleasure and pain, selling the nuanced range of emotions. The finale of the film has a few interesting twists and turns as well, one involving the truth of Makoto's childhood trauma, and another that casts Shizuko in a different light altogether.

DVDRip's:
Flower and Snake 2: Sketch Of Hell / Hana To Hebi: Jigoku-Hen (1985)
Flower and Snake 3: Punishment / Hana To Hebi: Shiiku-Hen (1986)
Flower and Snake 4: White Unif... Hebi: Hakui Nawa Dorei (1986)
Flower and Snake 5: Rope Magic (1987)

Flower and Snake (2004)