· R100 · by Hitoshi Matsumoto ☼ online event

This feature would be Japan’s entry in The David Lynch Memorial Incomprehensible Movie Festival if such an event existed. The story starts with a strange but straightforward premise: a man signs a contract with an organization dedicated to S&M activity. Their extensive roster of dominatrices will attack and humiliate him periodically over the course of a year, sometimes at arranged time and places, sometimes in surprise ambushes. Clad in black leather and wielding a variety of “tools,” they give him what he asked for until one day he decides the action is getting a little too extreme. At this point the movie departs from a linear narrative and runs off the rails… wait, did this movie even have rails? If you enjoy this sort of subject matter, this feature will give you as much as you want (until you decide it’s getting too extreme). If not, avoid it to prevent bruising your psyche!

■ Title — R100
■ A.K.A. — 100禁
■ Director — Hitoshi Matsumoto
■ Cast — Nao Ômori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima
■ Unrated, suitable for teens and adults
■ ©2013 | 1h 39m | Comedy, Drama
■ Japanese dialogue with English sutitles

■ Watch it free with ads on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/593978/r100
■ Available free without ads to Kanopy subscribers (details below):
https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/13891846
■ Available free without ads to Hoopla subscribers:
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11323653

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