Spider Lilies

Mar 30, 2007

1h 34m

★ 5.6

A daring portrait of forbidden love.

Overview

When Jade, a web-cam girl, visits Takeko's tattoo studio she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily and with Takeko as well. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Takeko's monastic existence and opening up memories which threaten to tear the two women apart.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

3rd Vision Films

Spider Lilies Trailers

Cast

Jade

Rainie Yang

Takeko

Isabella Leong Lok-Sze

Ching

Shen Jian-Hung

Adong

Jay Shih

David

Kris Shen

Jade's grandmother

Li Hsiu

Sensei Yoshi

Michio Hayashida

Jen

Ivy Chen

Young Jade

Pai Chih-Ying

Takeko's mother

Wong Chui-Yee

Senior investigator A

Cheng Yu-chieh

Sanatorium nursemaid

Sam Wang

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