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Masquerade Hotel

2019 · 133 min

A polished, quietly suspenseful whodunit where hotel etiquette and police work collide, rewarding patient viewers with small tensions and neat reveals.

Directed by
Masayuki Suzuki
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Starring
Takuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Takako Matsu
Overview
A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.

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Directed by
Masayuki Suzuki
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Starring
Takuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Takako Matsu
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • deception
  • work
  • loyalty
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • procedural
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
crime, mystery
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Runtime
133 min
Country
Japan
Languages
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