Love Hotel

A slow, uneasy plunge into shared trauma and doomed intimacy, more suffocating than erotic, leaving a lingering chill.

Directed by

Shinji Sōmai

Genres

Drama, Romance

Starring

Noriko Hayami, Minori Terada, Kiriko Shimizu

Overview

A call-girl named Yumi 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.

How it feels

Dark, melancholic, tense and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Trauma, obsession, deception, guilt

Content

Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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