Poster for the movie Love Hotel

Love Hotel

1985 • 88 minutes
Drama

A tale of two broken souls. A call-girl named Yumi, “night-blooming flower,” and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion. With a taste for wicked absurdity while coursing with undercurrents of operatic emotion, at times verging on a musical, Love Hotel is moved by the irrational forces that attract two bodies together.

Picture of Noriko Hayami

Noriko Hayami

Nami Tsuchiya / 'Yumi'

Picture of Minori Terada

Minori Terada

Tetsuro Muraki

Picture of Kiriko Shimizu

Kiriko Shimizu

Ryoko Muraki

Picture of Nobutaka Masutomi

Nobutaka Masutomi

Kiyoshi Ohta

Picture of Rie Nakagawa

Rie Nakagawa

Masayo Ohta

Picture of Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Taxi Passenger

Picture of Toshinori Omi

Toshinori Omi

Assistant Director

Picture of Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Taxi Driver

Picture of Ryô Kinomoto

Ryô Kinomoto

Yakuza

Picture of Hisako Manda

Hisako Manda

(cameo)