Rubber's Lover (1996): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1996, Rubber's Lover is a horror and science fiction film directed by Shozin Fukui, running about 91 minutes.

What it’s about. A powerful and secretive corporation is conducting underground psychic experiments utilizing Digital Direct Drive, otherwise known as DDD. While under the influence of the drug ether, the human subjects are outfitted in rubber suits and bombarded with DDD with extremely intense sound. Though the experiments are successful in unleashing psychic powers in the test subjects, the results are usually fatal. As a result, the corporation attempts to shut down the experiments against the wishes of Motomiya and Hitotsubashi who are in charge of the research. In a desperate attempt to salvage their work, the two researchers take over the lab and hold an innocent secretary hostage while they transform their fellow researcher into an ether addict and use him as the final human guinea pig for their experiments. The result has to be seen to be believed as his psychic powers are unleashed in a wave of ferocity that will leave you breathless.

Who’s in it. Rubber's Lover stars Nao as Kiku Onoda, Norimizu Ameya as Hitotsubashi, Yohta Kawase as Mika Linuma and Mika Kunihiro as Akari, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.7/10, Rubber's Lover has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Rubber's Lover page.

If you liked it. Fans of Rubber's Lover tend to enjoy Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Shining and Alien.