Kabukicho Love Hotel

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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

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

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.

Cast



Shota Sometani	Atsuko Maeda	Kaho Minami	Lee Na-Ra	Yutaka Matsushige
Toru Takahashi	Saya Iijima	Satomi Suzuki	Lee He-Na	Yasuo Ikezawa



Nao Omori	Roy	Asuka Hinoi	Miwako Wagatsuma	Shugo Oshinari
Kazuki Takenaka	Chonsu An	Miyu Takahashi	Hinako Fukumoto	Masaya Hayase



Tomorowo Taguchi	Jun Murakami	Aoba Kawai	Tomu Miyazaki
Masashi Kubota	Kagehisa Amemiya	Rikako Fujita	Ryuhei Shinshiro

Additional Cast Members:

Takuma Nagao

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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

Comments

Jon Mar 09 2015 9:00 pm I am a big fan of Asuka Hinoi. <3 I wish they would have put her in the trailer. Anyway, I'm glad Asuka Hinoi is featured in this motion picture. I hope she continues to get roles in films and/or TV. Let's keep supporting Asuka Hinoi!!!

Riecheru Oct 06 2014 6:38 pm Another atsuko maeda movie Yay! she deserves in this movie She DESERVES to have lots of movie coz she not only can sing She can act too.! I'm so proud of her. . Go go Go Acchan i'll keep supporting you .

mimi Sep 30 2014 4:06 am What a talented cast... except fo Atsuko Maeda. I'm sorry but this girl can't act. She doesn't deserve to be in this movie... or in any other movie.

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