Love Hotel (1985 film)
{{Infobox film
| name = Love Hotel
| image = Love_Hotel_(1985_film)_poster.png
| caption =
| native_name = ラブホテル
| director = Shinji Sōmai
| producer =
| writer = Takashi Ishii
| narrator =
| starring = Minori Terada
Noriko Hayami
| music =
| cinematography = Noboru Shinoda
| editing =
| studio = Director's Company
Nikkatsu
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1985|8|3}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{Nihongo|Love Hotel|ラブホテル}} is a 1985 Japanese pink film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Shinji Sōmai and starring Noriko Hayami.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/love-hotel|title=Love Hotel|accessdate= 2011-10-24|publisher=Film Society of Lincoln Center}}
Synopsis
When businessman Tetsuro Muraki has his company go bankrupt and his wife Ryoko is raped by gangsters who use her body to pay off his debts, he succumbs to despair. He hires a prostitute, Nami, to go with him to a love hotel with sex and suicide in mind.{{cite book |last=Weisser|first=Thomas|author2=Yuko Mihara Weisser |title=Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films|url=https://archive.org/details/japanesecinemaen00weis|url-access=limited|year=1998|publisher=Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications|location=Miami|isbn=1-889288-52-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/japanesecinemaen00weis/page/n253 252]}}
Cast
- Minori Terada ({{nihongo2|寺田農}}) as Tetsuro Muraki
- Noriko Hayami as Nami Tsuchiya
- Rie Nakagawa ({{nihongo2|中川梨絵}}) as Masayo Ohta
- Kiriko Shimizu ({{nihongo2|志水季里子}}) as Ryoko Muraki
- Nobutaka Masutomi ({{nihongo2|益富信孝 }}) as Kiyoshi Ohta
- Toshinori Omi ({{nihongo2|尾美としのり}}) as the Assistant Director
- Kōichi Satō as the Taxi Driver
Background
Although director Shinji Sōmai had worked for Nikkatsu in the 1970s and served as an assistant director, this film marked his only work in the Roman porno genre for Nikkatsu. The film was produced by the Directors's Company ({{nihongo2|ディレクターズ カンパニー}}), an association of young directors formed in 1982.{{cite book |last=Sharp|first=Jasper|title=Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema|year=2008|publisher=FAB Press|location=Guildford|page=237|isbn=978-1-903254-54-7}} The screenplay was the work of Takashi Ishii who would later rework the script for his directorial debut, the 1988 film Angel Guts: Red Vertigo.
Awards and nominations
7th Yokohama Film Festival{{Cite web|url= http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_shou.html|script-title= ja:第７回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８５年日本映画個人賞|accessdate= 2010-01-07|language= Japanese|publisher= Yokohama Film Festival|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120927162700/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_shou.html|archive-date= 2012-09-27|url-status= dead}}
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Director - Shinji Sōmai
- Won: Best Screenplay - Takashi Ishii
- Won: Best Cinematography - Noboru Shinoda
- Won: Best Actor - Minori Terada
The film also won the Nikkatsu in-house award for Best Film of the Year.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0089509}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1985/di002270.htm|script-title=ja:ラブホテル|publisher= JMDB|language=Japanese}}
{{Shinji Sōmai}}
{{Yokohama Film Festival Best Film}}
Category:Films directed by Shinji Sōmai
Category:1980s pornographic films
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