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ERA
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30 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Rubber's Lover
"Psychic power is realized when mental anguish exceeds physical pain."
1996 1h 31m JA
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6.5TMDB Β· 44
HorrorScience Fiction
Synopsis
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After the explosive demise of their last subject, scientists must look for a replacement on whom to continue their bizarre experiments with brain-altering drugs.
βPsychic power is realized when mental anguish exceeds physical pain.β
Cast
Norimizu Ameya
Hitotsubashi
Yohta Kawase
Shimika
Mika Kunihiro
Akari
Zeeko Uchiyama
Tanizaki
Sosuke Saito
Motomiyu
Shizuka Matsui
Huge Fat Woman
Kawamura Hiroshi
Diseased People
Tatsuya Kondo
Shadow
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Shozin Fukui
- Writers
- Shozin Fukui
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Tetra Tanizaki. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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CAST
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Norimizu Ameya and Yohta Kawase and Mika Kunihiro carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Psychic power is realized when mental anguish exceeds physical pain.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0227408 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 44 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Shozin Fukui directs. Tetra Tanizaki scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 130 years old β old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Original score by Tetra Tanizaki. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 3Norimizu Ameya and Yohta Kawase and Mika Kunihiro carry the top of the cast.
- 4Marketing tagline: "Psychic power is realized when mental anguish exceeds physical pain.".
- 5IMDB entry: tt0227408 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 44 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 7Classified under 11 themes, including "japan", "experiment", "fetish", "asia".
The technical file
- Original score
- Tetra Tanizaki
- Makeup / hair
- Natsuko Uetake
- Runtime
- 91 min Β· 1h 31m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Shozin Fukui
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- HO
Honekoubou
- KO
Koga Kogyo
Key crew
- Special EffectsRinashiya
- ProducerTakashi Nishimura
- Makeup ArtistNatsuko Uetake
- Art DirectionTetsuo Sakaibara
- Makeup ArtistYuuko Uchihashi
- Makeup ArtistChieko Kobayashi
- Special Effects Makeup ArtistYoshihiro Nishimura
- Makeup ArtistMasako Ishii
- Executive ProducerHiroshi Kobayashi
- Makeup ArtistJunko Ajisaka
- Assistant Art DirectorMakoto Kurahara
- SoundAkihiko Suzuki
- Assistant Production ManagerTakeshi Nishimura
- Assistant Art DirectorTatsuya Kondo
- Executive In Charge Of ProductionHiroshi Kobayashi
- Assistant Art DirectorYousaku Kawamura
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- japan
- experiment
- fetish
- asia
- surrealism
- cyberpunk
- brutality
- madness
- metamorphosis
- rubber
- human guinea pig
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical1996-09-28
Also known as
International titles
- ΠΡΠ±ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΈΠΊ ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΈΠ½ΡRU
- RUBBER'S LOVER γ©γγΌγΊγ»γ©γ΄γ‘γΌJP
