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30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
DIRECTED BY SHOZIN FUKUI | 1996 | JAPAN | 91 mins HORROR/CYBERPUNK | NEW 4K RESTORATION
Before Audition. Before Pulse. Before The Matrix. There was Rubber's Lover.
Shozin Fukui's ferocious plunge into Japan's cyberpunk underground begins when a secret research program experimenting with psychic enhancement loses its funding. Desperate to prove their work, a team of scientists pushes human experimentation beyond all reason, unleashing a relentless descent into industrial psychosis where flesh, technology, and consciousness collapse into one terrifying hallucination.
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Screening Saturday 12 Sept 9:45pm
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Rubber's Lover is one of the defining works of Japanese cyberpunk, standing alongside Tetsuo: The Iron Man, 964 Pinocchio, and Electric Dragon 80.000 V. Shot in gritty black and white, driven by a mechanical sound design and hyperactive editing, Fukui's cult masterpiece hits with the same heavy metal energy today as it did when it first exploded onto screens.
Presented in a stunning 4K restoration by New Wave Video from the original 16mm camera and sound negatives, and personally approved by Shozin Fukui before his sad passing in April 2026, Rubber's Lover returns exactly as it was meant to be experienced: loud, abrasive, hypnotic, and utterly unforgettable.
"A cyberpunk nightmare, drenched in industrial horror and psychedelic visions." - New Wave Video
"An assault on the senses." - 366 Weird Movies