Rubber's Lover
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| Rubber's Lover | |
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| Directed by | Shozin Fukui |
| Written by | Shozin Fukui |
| Starring | Nao Ameya |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Rubber's Lover (ラバーズ・ラバー) is a 1996 black and white Japanese cyberpunk-horror film written and directed by Shozin Fukui (best known for 964 Pinocchio)
Premise
[edit]Often interpreted as a prequel to 964 Pinocchio,[1] Rubber's Lover details a clandestine group of scientists who conduct psychic experiments on human guinea-pigs that they take from the streets. Using brain-altering drugs, sensory deprivation and computer interfaces, they subject their patients to gruesome scientific tortures that often end in brutal death. After continued failure and pressure from the company to cancel the project, they pursue one last experiment using one of their own as a test subject – yielding dangerous results.
Production
[edit]Fukui started preparing Rubber's Lover right after the release of 964 Pinocchio, and it took five years for it to complete. During filming, the crew were prohibited to speak in a way the actors could feel separated.[2]
Shozin also rented the warehouse for another project which was later cancelled, instead, Shozin used the warehouse as the set for the film.[3]
The shooting was planned to be one month, but due to staff illnesses, budget issues, and preparations such as art and special effects taking longer than expected, it ended up taking six months instead with the sound studio work consuming the significant amount of time, exceeding the original plan.[3]
Similar works
[edit]Like Tetsuo: The Iron Man, it is filmed in stark black and white and set in a decayed postindustrial city. Like that film, it utilizes horror imagery.
References
[edit]- ^ Player, Mark. "Post-Human Nightmares: The World of Japanese Cyberpunk Cinema". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Midnight Eye interview: Shozin Fukui". www.midnighteye.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ a b Bones, Brock (14 June 2023). "Diving into the Surreal: An Interview with Shozin Fukui, Master of Japanese Cyberpunk!". Severed Cinema. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
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