Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)

Original title

さよなら歌舞伎町

Directed by

Ryūichi Hiroki

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

III

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hotel manager in Tokyo's Kabukicho district deals with the intersecting lives of guests and staff over one night. The film follows several people including a couple, a sex worker, and a fugitive as their stories briefly connect.

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What happens

Kabukicho Love Hotel (さよなら歌舞伎町, Sayonara Kabukichō; lit. "Goodbye Kabukichō") is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki, starring Shota Sometani and Atsuko Maeda. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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