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Love Hotel (1985)

Poster for Love Hotel

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 & Crew

Director
Shinji Sōmai
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    Nami Tsuchiya / 'Yumi' Noriko Hayami
  • Profile picture of Minori Terada
    Tetsuro Muraki Minori Terada
  • Profile picture of Kiriko Shimizu
    Ryoko Muraki Kiriko Shimizu
  • Profile picture of Nobutaka Masutomi
    Kiyoshi Ohta Nobutaka Masutomi
  • Profile picture of Rie Nakagawa
    Masayo Ohta Rie Nakagawa
  • Profile picture of Masatô Ibu
    Taxi Passenger Masatô Ibu
  • Profile picture of Toshinori Omi
    Assistant Director Toshinori Omi
  • Profile picture of Koichi Sato
    Taxi Driver Koichi Sato

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