Love Hotel
- Released on
- Runtime
- 88 mins
A tale of two broken souls. A call-girl named Yumi, “night-blooming flower,” and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion. With a taste for wicked absurdity while coursing with undercurrents of operatic emotion, at times verging on a musical, Love Hotel is moved by the irrational forces that attract two bodies together.
A tale of two broken souls. A call-girl named Yumi, “night-blooming flower,” and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion. With a taste for wicked absurdity while coursing with undercurrents of operatic emotion, at times verging on a musical, Love Hotel is moved by the irrational forces that attract two bodies together.
Cast
- Noriko Hayami
- Minori Terada
- Kiriko Shimizu
- Nobutaka Masutomi
- Rie Nakagawa
- Masatô Ibu
- Toshinori Omi
- Koichi Sato
- Ryo Kinomoto
- Hisako Manda
Director
- Shinji Sōmai
Producers
- Yoshiyuki Kaino
Screenwriter
- Takashi Ishii
