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Love Hotel

Love Hotel

19856.61h 28m

Overview

A call-girl named Yumi 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.

Directed by Shinji Sōmai
Written by Takashi Ishii
Produced by Yoshiyuki Kaino
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Top Cast

Noriko Hayami

Noriko Hayami

Nami Tsuchiya/'Yumi'

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

Tetsuro Muraki

Kiriko Shimizu

Kiriko Shimizu

Ryoko Muraki

Nobutaka Masutomi

Nobutaka Masutomi

Kiyoshi Ohta

R

Rie Nakagawa

Masayo Ohta

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Taxi Passenger

Toshinori Omi

Toshinori Omi

Assistant Director

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Taxi Driver

Ryô Kinomoto

Ryô Kinomoto

Yakuza

Daisuke Iijima

Daisuke Iijima

Collection Thug

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Themes & Keywords

suicidecall girlblackmailyakuzatraumasexual violencedebtprostitutionsoftcorepink filmvoyeurlove hoteljealous wifeindependent filmerotica

About Love Hotel

Love Hotel is a drama, romance film released in 1985 exploring themes of suicide, call girl, blackmail, yakuza, trauma, sexual violence. Directed by Shinji Sōmai, it stars Noriko Hayami, Minori Terada, Kiriko Shimizu. A call-girl named Yumi 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.

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