Fans of quirky and obscure Japanese movies (that would be me) may enjoy a new one called R100. It apparently tells the story of a bored and lonely guy who signs up for a club that promises him kinky scenes with a bevy of beautiful dominatrices. The only catch is he’ll never know when they’ll appear in his daily life and what they’ll do. Oh, and no matter what happens, his contract with the club is unbreakable. You can read a review here and see a fairly mysterious trailer here.
As a real life set-up it sounds like it’d be an absolute nightmare. No matter how skilful the domme, or how tight her leather outfit is, nobody wants to get attacked while dealing with their boss or entertaining an elderly family member. As a movie set-up it sounds like an intriguing one. I personally find it very hard to resist a movie that can be described as…
…a thoroughly fucked and perverse little film that only gets away with its most outlandish moments if you’re willing to disregard concepts like rationality and find nasty fetishism funny.
THIS MOVIE SOUNDS AWESOME! I’M GOING TO LOOK FOR IT NOW! THANKS FOR THE PSA!
Rad!
I’m afraid you might have a while to see it. The Toronto film festival just showed it and according to the link below it was just picked up for US distribution next year. So it’ll be a few months at least before general release. Sorry.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/r100-movie-drafthouse-acquisition/
-paltego
In addition to your quote, the writer of the review continues:
“These qualities seem to come rather easily to Japanese audiences (which is odd given the country’s culture of repression. Although I suppose that could also be the exact explanation for the appeal in a weird way.”
It is.
But it’s sloppy journalism to see one nation as a priori more perverse or repressed than another.
He obviously has not read the secret history of the British Empire, nor delved into what went on in the English ‘public school’ system of the 19th century and beyond that was supposed to prepare young men to be leaders of the said Empire.
Yes, that was a very annoying part of the review. I almost put something in the post about that part, but it just made it wordier and drew unnecessary attention to the line. It’s a common theme when Japanese culture gets discussed and it always bugs me. There are plenty of differences between cultures (which is a good thing), but here’s no default base line of sane normal behavior that Europe or US exemplifies.
-paltego
“if you’re willing to disregard concepts like rationality and find nasty fetishism funny.”
Oh, I so am and I so do! Thank you for the tip-off.
Happy to help Servitor! As I mentioned in my reply to Miss Margo, it looks like it’s a fair while off general release. Hope you can catch it when it does make it to the UK screens.
-paltego
love this writing. i would like to see this movie. Where can i find it. pretty erotic and lovely. Thanks for the post. – maria