A mild-mannered salesman escapes the pressures of daily life by joining a mysterious S&M club, only to soon realize that the membership he signed up for is much more than he bargained for in the outrageous sex comedy and action thriller R100. The latest jaw-dropping provocation from Japanese filmmaking sensation Hitoshi Matsumoto (Big Man Japan) comes to Digital Download, Blu-ray and DVD on March 10, 2015, from Drafthouse Films, in conjunction with Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM).
Watch the trailer after the Jump...
R100 - Trailer from Drafthouse Films on Vimeo.
"Devilishly warped...transgrassive, unclassifiable" Katie Rife, A.V. Club
In this audaciously kinky, metacomedic thriller, a lonely father with a secret taste for S&M (Nao Omori, best known for the title role in Takashi Miike's Ichi the Killer) hires a boutique dominatrix agency that specializes in guerrilla acts of public degradation, including being kicked, slapped, beaten and spit on by drop-dead gorgeous women. Although the rough treatment and humiliation Takafumi Katayama receives from these leather-clad ladies - in cafes and on the street - drive him to ecstatic pleasure, he soon finds himself over his head during a surprise house call by one of the mistresses.
"R100 will kick your ass." Badass Digest
After a freak and fatal accident, Katayama is forced into action, with a slew of vengeful dominatrixes chasing him down. With the help of his son, he'll have to devise a plan to take on the relentless femmes fatales, who each possess a unique S&M talent by which to exact painful revenge.
"It's like nothing else around, and that is fantastic." Michael Treveloni, Film School Rejects
R100 - the title is a riff on the Japanese movie rating system, whose equivalent to NC-17 is R18 - is directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto, one of Japan's most preeminent and beloved comedic talents. He is best known as the boke (funnyman) half of the popular comedy duo Downtown opposite straight man Masatoshi Hamada. Having changed the face of TV comedy, Matsumoto made a major splash in the film world with his 2007 directorial debut, Big Man Japan, which premiered in Cannes and screened at Toronto, Busan and Rotterdam. Matsumoto's second film, Symbol (2009), is a Beckettian study of a man (Matsumoto) locked into a room that presents him with random objects, which he tries to manipulate to escape, only to end up in further rooms. Showcasing Matsumoto's unlimited talent for visual gags and mime, Symbol premiered in Toronto and screened at Rotterdam, Berlin and Busan.
Matsumoto's third film, Scabbard Samurai (2011), in which he explores the wandering samurai genre, premiered at Locarno International Film Festival and screened at Busan and Mar del Plata. The venerable Cinémathèque Française held a retrospective of his works in 2012.
Special Features on R100 will include:
12-page booklet
Theatrical trailer
Drafthouse Films trailers
Digital Download
About Drafthouse Films
Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, is a curated brand of provocative, visionary and artfully unusual films new and old from around the world. Following the earnestly simple motto of "sharing the films we love with widest audience possible," Drafthouse Films debuted in 2010 with the theatrical release of Four Lions, which was named of Time Magazine's "Top 10 Films Of The Year." Their diverse and unique slate includes the highly-acclaimed, Oscar® nominated documentary The Act Of Killing produced by Errol Morris and Werner Herzog, 2013 SXSW Midnight Audience Award winner Cheap Thrills starring David Koechner (Anchorman), British auteur Ben Wheatley's psychedelic trip into magic and madness, A Field In England, Ari Folman's Cannes Film Festival selected sci-fi epic The Congress starring Robin Wright, Harvey Keith, Jon Hamm and Paul Giamatti, Midnight Movie sensations Miami Connection and The Visitor and rediscovered classics Wake in Fright and Ms. 45. Recent and upcoming releases include Dutch thriller Borgman, Michel Gondry's Mood Indigo, Sundance Award-winning documentaries The Overnighters and the recently acquired Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer's stunning follow up to The Act of Killing. Drafthouse Films distributes films theatrically, through home video, VOD and their direct-to-consumer platforms integrating into the ever-growing Alamo Drafthouse entertainment lifestyle brand, which along with the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas includes: Mondo, the collectible art boutique; Fantastic Fest, the largest international genre film festival in the US; and the pop culture website Badass Digest.
About Cinedigm
Cinedigm is the leading independent content distributor in the United States, with direct relationships with over 60,000 physical and digital retailers, including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, iTunes, Netflix, and Amazon. The company's library of over 32,000 titles and episodes encompasses award-winning documentaries from Docurama Films®, next-gen Indies from Flatiron Film Company®, acclaimed independent films and festival picks through partnerships with the Sundance Institute and Tribeca Films and a wide range of content from brand name suppliers, including National Geographic, Discovery, Scholastic, WWE, NFL, Shout Factory, Hallmark, Jim Henson and more. Cinedigm proudly distributes numerous Oscar®-nominated films, including The Invisible War, Hell and Back Again, GasLand, Waste Land and Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory; current and upcoming theatrical releases include Destin Daniel Cretton's highly acclaimed Short Term 12, Godfrey Reggio's Visitors and Shaul Schwarz's Narco Cultura.
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Genre: Action crime drama
Rating: Not rated
Running time: 100 mins., plus extras
Languages: Japanese, with English subtitles
Year: 2013
SRP: $29.93 (Blu-ray), $24.99 (DVD)
Street Date: March 10, 2015
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