

Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. (1998.) Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. ^ Weisser, Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser.Gregory Barrett (trans.) (paperback ed.). (Review of Flower and Snake by Izumi Evers). TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion. Another remake followed in 2010, directed by Yusuke Narita and starring Minako Komukai. Both films were directed by Takashi Ishii and starred Aya Sugimoto. The film was remade with a different plot as Flower and Snake in 2004, followed by a sequel Flower and Snake 2 in 2005. Overjoyed, Makoto calls his mother from a public phone booth to tell her he has remembered the truth, letting her listen as he has sex with Shizuko during the call.

Uncomfortable at first, Makoto starts to remember his childhood incident in detail, eventually remembering that it was his mother who shot the man, not him. Later the two go to watch a pornographic film, which features a black man who resembles the soldier from Makoto's dreams. Taking a chance, he unties her so that she might use the restroom after a long, worrying delay, Shizuko returns, to the delight of Makoto. Despite this, he keeps training her, even taking her outside for a walk. Makoto tries to have sex with Shizuko again, despairing when he finds that his impotence has returned. His mother then steps in, paying the man, revealing that she staged the scene with a look-alike to render Makoto impotent once more. He recoils in horror when the man rises to attack him. One day Makoto returns home to find Shizuko tied up and being used by the black soldier from his dreams.
