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Kabukichô Love Hotel 2014: Movie follows the lives of various people connected by a love hotel in Kabukicho, Tokyo. Characters include Toru (Shota Sometani), Saya (Atsuko Maeda), the cleaning woman for the love hotel (Kaho Minami), the cleaning woman’s husband (Yutaka Matsushige), music producer (Nao Omori), salaryman (Jun Murakami), prostitute scout (Shugo Oshinari) and the manager of a call girl business (Tomorowo Taguchi).
Toru dreamed of working at a 5 star hotel, but he now works as the manager of the short stay love hotel in Kabukicho, Tokyo. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Saya struggles to become a famous musician. Toru and Saya become bored of living together.
AKA: Sayonara kabukichô 2014
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Movie: Kabukicho Love Hotel (English title) / Goodbye Kabukicho (literal title)
Romaji: Sayonara Kabukicho
Japanese: さよなら歌舞伎町
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Writer: Haruhiko Arai, Futoshi Nakano
Producer:
Cinematographer: Atsuhiro Nabeshima
World Premiere: September 7, 2014 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Release Date: January 24, 2015
Runtime: 135 min.
Distributor: Tokyo Theatres
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Cast
Shota Sometani as Toru Takahashi
Atsuko Maeda as Saya Iijima
Kaho Minami as Satomi Suzuki
Lee Eun-Woo as Lee He-Na
Yutaka Matsushige as Yasuo Ikezawa
Nao Omori as Kazuki Takenaka
Roy as Chonsu An
Asuka Hinoi as Miyu Takahashi
Miwako Wagatsuma as Hinako Fukumoto
Shugo Oshinari as Masaya Hayase
Tomorowo Taguchi as Masashi Kubota
Jun Murakami as Kagehisa Amemiya
Aoba Kawai as Rikako Fujita
Tomu Miyazaki as Ryuhei Shinshiro
Film Festivals
2014 (39th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 4-14, 2014 - Contemporary World Cinema *World Premiere
2014 (19th) Busan International Film Festival - Oct. 2-11, 2014 - A Window on Asian Cinema
2014 (34th) Hawaii International Film Festival - Oct. 30-Nov. 9, 2014 - Spotlight on Japan *U.S. Premiere
2014 (25th) Singapore International Film Festival - Dec. 4-14, 2014 - Asian Vision
2015 (17th) Udine Far East Film - April 23-May 2, 2015 *Italian Premiere
2015 (15th) Nippon Connection - June 2-7, 2015 - Nippon Cinema *German Premiere
2015 (14th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 26-July 18, 2015 - New Cinema From Japan *New York Premiere
Kabukichô Love Hotel 2014: Movie follows the lives of various people connected by a love hotel in Kabukicho, Tokyo. Characters include Toru (Shota Sometani), Saya (Atsuko Maeda), the cleaning woman for the love hotel (Kaho Minami), the cleaning woman’s husband (Yutaka Matsushige), music producer (Nao Omori), salaryman (Jun Murakami), prostitute scout (Shugo Oshinari) and the manager of a call girl business (Tomorowo Taguchi).
Toru dreamed of working at a 5 star hotel, but he now works as the manager of the short stay love hotel in Kabukicho, Tokyo. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Saya struggles to become a famous musician. Toru and Saya become bored of living together.
AKA: Sayonara kabukichô 2014
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Current user rating: 90 (123 votes)
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Profile
Movie: Kabukicho Love Hotel (English title) / Goodbye Kabukicho (literal title)
Romaji: Sayonara Kabukicho
Japanese: さよなら歌舞伎町
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Writer: Haruhiko Arai, Futoshi Nakano
Producer:
Cinematographer: Atsuhiro Nabeshima
World Premiere: September 7, 2014 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Release Date: January 24, 2015
Runtime: 135 min.
Distributor: Tokyo Theatres
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Cast
Shota Sometani as Toru Takahashi
Atsuko Maeda as Saya Iijima
Kaho Minami as Satomi Suzuki
Lee Eun-Woo as Lee He-Na
Yutaka Matsushige as Yasuo Ikezawa
Nao Omori as Kazuki Takenaka
Roy as Chonsu An
Asuka Hinoi as Miyu Takahashi
Miwako Wagatsuma as Hinako Fukumoto
Shugo Oshinari as Masaya Hayase
Tomorowo Taguchi as Masashi Kubota
Jun Murakami as Kagehisa Amemiya
Aoba Kawai as Rikako Fujita
Tomu Miyazaki as Ryuhei Shinshiro
Film Festivals
2014 (39th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 4-14, 2014 - Contemporary World Cinema *World Premiere
2014 (19th) Busan International Film Festival - Oct. 2-11, 2014 - A Window on Asian Cinema
2014 (34th) Hawaii International Film Festival - Oct. 30-Nov. 9, 2014 - Spotlight on Japan *U.S. Premiere
2014 (25th) Singapore International Film Festival - Dec. 4-14, 2014 - Asian Vision
2015 (17th) Udine Far East Film - April 23-May 2, 2015 *Italian Premiere
2015 (15th) Nippon Connection - June 2-7, 2015 - Nippon Cinema *German Premiere
2015 (14th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 26-July 18, 2015 - New Cinema From Japan *New York Premiere
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