Product Details

• Format: Import, NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• DVD Release Date: April 15, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0016QCBCM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #549,268 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Inked Flowers, March 28, 2008

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Daitokuji31 (Black Glass) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spider Lilies (DVD)

On September 21, 1999 a devastating earthquake rocked Taiwan killing over 2,000 individuals and injuring more than 10,000. Also more than 10,000 buildings were destroyed or irreplaceably damaged. It is right before this destruction that a young Takeko, her dad is Japanese and her mom Taiwanese is experiencing her first romantic encounter with a pretty female classmate of hers. Unfortunately for Takeko, the earthquake kills her father and leaves her younger brother in a near catatonic state. It seems that the only thing that he can remember is his father's lily and skull manjusaka tattoo. Devastated by the death of her father and the condition of her brother, Takeko has the same tattoo inked on her own left arm and eventually becomes a highly skilled tattoo artist herself in Taipei where she continues to look after her brother and tell him stories about the individuals who comes to her shop, including a young hoodlum named Adong who begs Takeko constantly for more tattoos.

One day, a pretty girl wanders into Takeko's shop and requests the manjusaka tattoo that Takeko sports after seeing the illustration on the shop's wall. Takeko refuses, but the young woman, whose name is Jade, won't be put off because she says that the first one she fell in love with sported that same tattoo. Takeko believes that Jade's memory is a bit fuzzy because she met her supposed first love at the age of nine. However, Jade insists and gives Takeko her business card and as Takeko soon learns, Jade is a webcam girl who strips for money online. However, her memory is also piqued because of a lime green wig. It seems that Takeko knew Jade long before, and that she is the girl's first love.

Spider Lilies does not follow a linear storytelling pattern. The story constantly jumps between the past and the present thereby filling in the details of the story without spoon feeding it to the film viewer. At some points the film is quite interesting because of the creation of other "worlds" through the internet, but the subplot of Takeko and her brother and even the beginning of Takeko and Jade's relationship is quite hackneyed with the only difference being that they are both women. In the erotica department, Spider Lilies is quite a subdued film, so those looking for girl on girl action, instead of a moderately well-crafted story and likeable characters, will most likely be disappointed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars opinion, January 7, 2009

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Katrien Sauviller (Herentals, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spider Lilies (DVD)

I simply love this movie, it's acted very good, it has a strong storyline
I reccomend everybody to see it because it is one of the better lesbian movies around!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Film, July 9, 2008

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Sheeba (NY, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spider Lilies (DVD)

I LOVED THIS FILM! Zero Chou has to be one of the most exciting new film makers out there. This film has it all: interesting story line, good writing, great cinematography and direction, and superb acting. A PERFECT film! Can't wait for Chou's next film "Drifting Flowers"!