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R100

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Japan · 2013
1h 40m
Director Hitoshi Matsumoto
Starring Nao Omori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima, Hairi Katagiri
Genre Comedy, Drama

In this comedy, a mild-mannered businessman signs an unbreakable contract with a secretive BDSM club, agreeing to have several dominatrixes humiliate him in public. When they begin to intrude upon his home life, he is desperate to leave the club. But the harder he tries to escape, the stranger his encounters with the dominatrixes become.

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83

The A.V. Club by

It’s easier to define what R100 isn’t than what it is. First of all, despite the presence of ninja dominatrices, it’s not a steamy thriller, and the raincoat crowd should apply elsewhere.

60

The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young

A film whose very surreal, disturbing first hour dissolves in disappointing B-movie nonsense at the end. Still it’s hard to remember a film about S&M as funny as this one, or one as beautifully and weirdly imagined.

40

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

Mr. Matsumoto, as if realizing that viewers might need to wake up, stuffs a ball gag in a child’s mouth and throws in some reflexive nonsense involving an old director and some critics who seem to be watching the same movie you are. They think it’s terrible and finally it’s hard to disagree.

60

Los Angeles Times by Martin Tsai

The film's stark juxtaposition of domestic melodrama and gonzo exploitation is very much reminiscent of "Audition." Whereas the Miike film turned into a feverish anxiety dream about feminist revolt, R100 suggests that extreme and perverse films allow the everyman to seek thrills in his otherwise-monotonous life.

70

The Dissolve by Noel Murray

In keeping with the S&M theme, Matsumoto keeps changing R100’s direction, defying the audience in hopes of providing a more perverse kick. Often, the results are astonishing.

60

Variety by Rob Nelson

If a dominatrix is one who takes total control of her passive partner, then R100 is the cinematic equivalent of a kinky femme fatale in black leather and stiletto heels, cracking a whip and a smile.

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