Love Hotels (2006 Japanese Film)

Love Hotels (Japanese: LOVEHOTELS ラヴホテルズ, Romaji: Ravuhoteruzu) is a 2006 Japanese omnibus romance film directed and written by Ryotaro Muramatsu.

Production and Release

The film was produced by Osamu Miura, Junichi Matsushita, Ryotaro Muramatsu, and Munehiro Umemura, with cinematography by Hidenori Fujita. It was produced by Art Port and Naked Inc., and distributed by Art Port. The feature has a runtime of 104 minutes, is spoken in Japanese, and was theatrically released in Japan on June 3, 2006.

Plot

Set within a Tokyo love hotel on Christmas Day, the film presents an omnibus love story. Characters include Suzuko, who arranges appointments with two different men; Sakura, who maintains an affair with her first lover; and Sachi, who engages strictly in sexual encounters.

Cast

• Kana Harada as Suzuko
• Kei Katayama as Sakura
• Atsuko Miura as Sachi
• Saeko as Ai Urasaka
• Issey Takahashi as Haruki
• Takaaki Enoki as Morio Urasaka
• Houka Kinoshita as Beteran
• Hideo Nakaizumi as Sou
• Kei Tamura as Kosuke
• Tatsuki Shimada as Taku
• Keigo Hesiki as Tooru
• Tomohito Sato as Yuji
• Mio Suzuki as Maki
• Rie Akiba as Miho
• Michael Tomioka

Film Festivals

Love Hotels was screened at the 1st Kinotayo Film Festival, held from November 21 to November 25, 2006, as part of its feature films selection.