Flower and Snake

Flower and Snake is a 1974 Japanese drama thriller starring Naomi Tani as Shizuko, the aristocratic wife of Senzô Tôyama, who orders his employee Makoto to train her in BDSM to break her pride and make her sexually submissive. As Makoto trains Shizuko, he becomes emotionally invested in her, but their situation is complicated by the involvement of Shizuko's domineering husband, his mother, and a shocking revelation about his past. The film explores themes of trauma, power dynamics, and identity as Shizuko undergoes a transformation from a proud aristocrat to a submissive partner, with Makoto caught in the middle of their complex relationship.