Media Blasters Inc. is scheduled to release Takashi Ishii's Flower & Snake II (Hana to hebi 2: Pari/Shizuko) - a.k.a. "Flower and Snake 2: Paris/Shizuko" - on DVD (TSDVD-0653; NTSC, region 1, Japanese w/ English subtitles) in the U.S. on December 5th. Toei Video Co. Ltd. (Tôei Bideo K.K.) released the movie theatrically in Japan on March 26th of last year, and on sale DVD (DSTD-02450; NTSC, region 2, Japanese w/o subtitles) there on September 21st of last year.
The screenplay for Flower & Snake II was written by Ishii, and was ultimately based on a series of novels by Oniroku Dan. The movie's principal cast (as listed on the cast page of the official website) is as follows: Aya Sugimoto, Ken'ichi Endô, Fujiko, Mieko Arai, Yôzaburô Itô, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Tôru Shinagawa, Shun Nakayama, and Joe Shishido (Shishido Jô).
Here's a synopsis for Flower & Snake II from Media Blasters' website: "The beautiful Shizuko (Aya Sugimoto) and her husband Takayoshi Tooyama (Joe Shishido) have a loving relationship, but Takayoshi is getting older and isn't always able to perform. His primary source of gratification involves observing his wife in sadomasochistic scenarios, so he commissions a painter, skilled in the arts of bondage, to bring these fantasies to life. Soon Shizuko becomes a willing and submissive participant in fulfilling the S&M fantasies of not only her husband, but also a slew of rich, lecherous men."
For more information on Flower & Snake II, see ScreenAnarchy's fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.
Media Blasters released Ishii's Flower & Snake (Hana to hebi) on DVD (TSDVD-0512; NTSC, region 1, Japanese w/ English subtitles) in the U.S. on May 31st of last year.
Flower & Snake II trailer (streaming Windows Media - viewer discretion is advised)
Flower & Snake II official website
Media Blasters: Flower & Snake II U.S. DVD
Media Blasters: Flower & Snake U.S. DVD
Amazon.com: Flower & Snake II U.S. DVD
Amazon.com: Flower & Snake U.S. DVD