One must find something to live for.
You never know what cult filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto is going to do next, but whatever it is, you can pretty much guarantee he's going to do a lot of jobs on it. Take 2002's A Snake in June, on which Tsukamoto is credited with the production, script, cinematography, lighting, set design, editing and direction. And on top of that, he plays one of the main characters, but cedes most of the screen time to his co-stars, a married couple played by Asuka Kurosawa and Yuji Kotari. Kurosawa is a phone counselor for a mental health center who begins receiving mysterious packages labeled "SECRET FROM YOUR HUSBAND." Inside the first two are photographs of her, which is alarming enough considering her state of undress in them, but then the third one contains a ringing cell phone and the voice on the other end of the line (Tsukamoto) has some very specific instructions he wants her to carry out if she wants to get the negatives. (Turns out he's something of a shutterbug.)
Meanwhile, her workaholic husband (Kotari) is obsessed with cleanliness, as evidenced by the fact that he can usually be found scrubbing something or other. Naturally, he begins receiving calls from Tsukamoto as well and is prodded into making some startling discoveries about his wife and himself. As for Tsukamoto, he has his reasons for getting in touch with the outwardly happy couple -- and getting them in touch with each other. I'm being deliberately vague, though, because Tsukamoto's wild imagery is best encountered in the context of the story. How he comes up with some of this stuff, I'll never know, but I'm glad he has the wherewithal to translate it to film.