Red Room (film)

Red Room
Directed byDaisuke Yamanouchi
Written byDaisuke Yamanouchi
StarringYuki Tsukamoto
Mayumi Ōkawa
CinematographyYasutaka Funayama
Production
company
Japan Video Distribution (JVD) Co. Ltd.
Distributed byJapan Video Distribution (JVD) Co. Ltd. (Japan)
Ace Deuce Entertainment (Japan)
E-Net Frontier (Japan)

Anthem Pictures (United States)
TLA Releasing (United States)
Unearthed Films (United States)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Red Room (赤い密室(へや) 禁断の王様ゲーム, Akai misshitsu (heya): Kindan no ōsama gēmu) is a 1999 Japanese V-cinema (direct-to-video) horror film written and directed by Daisuke Yamanouchi.[1]

Plot

The film follows a group of four contestants (a husband and wife on the verge of divorce, a young corporate woman, and a 17-year-old schoolgirl) on a reality TV game show who are locked in the titular "Red Room" to torture each other, with the last person standing winning ten million yen. The contestants are made to pick cards to decide who will pick the torture, who will apply it, and who will be the victim. The tortures chosen start off relatively mild, but gradually escalate into extreme sadism and sexual abuse.

Cast

  • Yuki Tsukamoto
  • Mayumi Ōkawa
  • Hiroshi Kitasenju
  • Sheena Nagamori

Release

The film was originally released in Japan in VHS format on June 4, 1999[1][2] and later as a DVD on December 22, 2005.[3] Red Room was released in the US by Anthem Pictures on January 9, 2007.[4]

In 2000, the film was followed by a sequel, titled Red Room 2.

Reception

The film received mixed to negative reviews.

References

  1. ^ a b 赤い密室の部屋 禁断の王様ゲーム (in Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  2. ^ 赤い密室（へや）禁断の王様ゲー (in Japanese). Tsutaya. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  3. ^ 赤い密室（へや）禁断の王様ゲー (in Japanese). Tsutaya. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  4. ^ The Gomorrahizer (January 4, 2007). "J-sploitation: U.S. DVD release of Daisuke Yamanouchi's RED ROOM (AKAI MISSHITSU (HEYA): KINDAN NO". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
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