R100 Midnight

Takafumi Katayama is a single father, signing up for an exclusive new bondage club. Eager to enhance the S&M experience, the club offers a service where the dominatrix will surprise the customer at work, at home or even in the street and subject them to the pleasures of pain. When the line is crossed and he tries to leave the club, things only escalate. As this story of extreme sexual adventures unfolds, it is interspersed with scenes of a film director who at age 100 is making the film we are watching. A meta-textual leap, the twist disorients the viewer of this epic installment in Japanese shock cinema. Some films are rated PG-13 or NC-17 to keep unprepared audiences away from extreme content. R-100 proudly proclaims that it cannot be understood by anyone who has not lived a century or longer.

One of the most prominent and successful comedians in Japan, Hitoshi Matsumoto has been a leading figure in the Japanese television industry since he made his 1982 debut as part of the popular comedy duo Downtown. His directing credits include BIG MAN JAPAN, SYMBOL and SCABBARD SAMURAI.

Details

Country: Japan

Year: 2013

Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto

Screenwriter: Hitoshi Matsumoto

Producer: Akihiko Okamoto

Executive Producer: Hisaya Shiraiwa

Director of Photography: Kazushige Tanaka

Editor: Yoshitaka Honda

Music: Hidekazu Sakamoto

Cast/Featuring: Nao Ohmori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima, Matsuo Suzuki , Atsuro Watabe

Running Time (minutes): 100 min

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