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Snakes and Earrings is a Japanese novel by Hitomi Kanehara, first published in 2003 in the literary magazine Shōsetsu Subaru, then published in 2004 as a book. Snakes and Earrings won the 27th Subaru Literary Prize and the 130th Akutagawa Prize. It sold more than a million copies in Japan, has been translated into sixteen languages, and was adapted for film.
Original Release
09/20/2008
US Release
03/16/2012
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yuriko Yoshitaka | Louis / Lui |
| Kengo Kora | Ama |
| Arata Iura | Shiba |
| Yû Abiru | Max / Maki |
| Tatsuya Fujiwara | Satoru Yokoyama, Yakuza killed by Ama / Yokoyama Satoru |
| Ennosuke Ichikawa IV | Detective / Kamejirô Ichikawa |
| Rakkyo Ide | |
| Shun Oguri | Yoshida Mitsuhiro |
| Masafumi Senô | |
| Sonim | Yuri |
Directors
Writers
Hitomi Kanehara, Takuya Miyawaki, Yukio Ninagawa
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yuriko Yoshitaka | Louis / Lui |
| Kengo Kora | Ama |
| Arata Iura | Shiba |
| Yû Abiru | Max / Maki |
| Tatsuya Fujiwara | Satoru Yokoyama, Yakuza killed by Ama / Yokoyama Satoru |
| Ennosuke Ichikawa IV | Detective / Kamejirô Ichikawa |
| Rakkyo Ide | |
| Shun Oguri | Yoshida Mitsuhiro |
| Masafumi Senô | |
| Sonim | Yuri |
| Toshiaki Karasawa | Police Officer at reception desk |
| Hidekazu Ichinose |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Akira Morishige | Executive Producer |
| Yuka Hoshino | Executive Producer |
| Yasushi Minatoya | Producer |
| Haruo Umekawa | Producer |
| Yasuhiro Hasegawa | Producer |
