A word of advise: Don't expect very complicated plot with this one. Just like in many others Nikkatsu movies, the script of SNAKE AND WHIP is based on writings of Dan Oniroku, famous novelist dealing with S&M erotica. What we are about to see is more a dirty old man's fantasy than anything else. Knowing (and accepting) that from the start, we should appreciate Shigoro Ishimura's movie for what it is.
Young, ravishingly beautiful girl (Ran Masaki) accepts a lucrative job as a secretary. Pretty soon company boss makes a pass at her in an abrupt manner. When outraged girl slaps him in the face, the man deliberately plans a revenge. Soon the unsuspecting girl falls into a trap and is forced to become his sex-slave! Long accustomed to S&M practices, the boss (we can properly call him "Master" from now on) will stop at nothing to humiliate the poor girl and to make her feel like the common animal.
What follows next can be described as a highly sophisticated BDSM catalog. As always in pinku eiga, a bondage show is involved, but that's not everything "Snake And Whip" has to offer. There's much, much more, all of it absolutely immoral and twisted. I won't say anything else, as it should stay a bit mysterious for the future viewers. Just take my word for it, you won't be disappointed!
Shigoro Ishimura is not yet as recognizable as his few pinku colleagues (Teruo Ishii, Yasuharu Hasebe and Norifumi Suzuki), but with such impressive output it's probably just a matter of time. He's a very competent director. Judging by his two efforts that I saw (the other being ALL WOMEN ARE WHORES), he doesn't shy away from showing extreme sexual violence on screen, and that should win him a lot of fans amongst sleaze aficionados. Ran Masaki, female star of the movie, was also an object of severe humiliation in BEAUTIFUL TEACHER IN TORTURE HELL (1985). She must be one of the most stunning ladies of the genre (my other favorite is Rei Okamoto). Her pretty, noble face and firm, large breasts truly are a sight to behold...
