Kawase Youta, Mika Zeeko, Nao Ameya, Norimizu Saitou, Sousuke Kunihiro

In this chilling horror film from director Shozin Fukui, a group of scientists working for a powerful corporation are attempting to uncork the psychic potential of humans. The experiments prove succes...( read more  read more... )sful, but the results are frequently lethal for the test subjects. When the company tries to shut down the project, two desperate researchers hold a secretary hostage while they use a colleague to continue their gruesome experimentation.

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Unrated, 90 min.

Directed by: Shozin Fukui

Release Date: September 28, 1996

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DVD Release Date: November 17, 2007

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  • August 14, 2008
    Those looking for a "pleasant" cinematic experience should look somewhere else. Nothing about Rubber's Lover is pleasant. It's 90-minutes of cinematic assault complete with, nudity, gore, jarring visual imagery, torture, music that is only music in the loosest sense of the term,...( read more) and startling symbolism. It is not the feel good movie of the year. It is not a white-knuckled thrill ride. It is not like anything you've probably ever seen before, and for this reason alone it should be essential viewing for anyone out there looking for something new, different, and weird.

    Cinema doesn't always have to be safe, and the films of Shozin Fukui prove this. If you're reading this far, odds are that something about Rubber's Lover intrigues you. It's certainly not for the masses, but if you're a cinema fan with a taste for adventure and who doesn't mind a film that challenges its audience to actually use the gray matter sitting between their ears, then Rubber's Lover is definitely something that should be on your "must see" list.
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  • August 13, 2008
    Artsy, twisted, and bloody is the way to describe Rubber's Lover. Great for fans of bizarre horror flicks that require repeated watching to understand. Strange, yet somehow very cool.
  • July 13, 2008
    This is one of those things you just have to see to believe.
  • July 25, 2007
    Ow, my head. It's like Tetsuo the Iron Man, only not as fast and with something resembling an actual plot. If you're a fan of Japanese cyberpunk and also a medical BDSM fetishist, then this is the movie for you!
  • December 3, 2006
    I dunno whether this is better than Fukui's 964 Pinocchio, but both are definitely great films. The women lead does a fantastic job, and there's a lot of neat scenes and imagery. These reviews are pretty stupid though, the best way to preview this film would be to look for pictur...( read more)es or a plot sypnopsis.
  • September 11, 2006
    what a fucked up movie this was. I mean it really messes with your head and is rather out there. But if you're into cyber punk culture and take it to an extreme you'll like it.
  • August 9, 2006
    Weird sci-fi japanese extravaganza!

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