Rent Love Hotel (1985)
3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
- After Tetsuro (Minori Terada) loses his business, the yakuza collect his debt in the most violent, shocking way imaginable. Honorably, he divorces his wife and becomes a taxi driver. Existing bereft of meaning or support, he eventually encounters Nami (Noriko Hayami), a part-time prostitute who has undergone similar tribulations. An existential study of two lonely and tortured souls, Somai's melancholic roman porno follows the pair as they kindle a newfound friendship amid the chaos of their broken and dispirited lives.
- Actors:
- Noriko Hayami, Minori Terada, Kiriko Shimizu, Nobutaka Masutomi, Rie Nakagawa, Masatô Ibu, Ryô Kinomoto, Hisako Manda, Toshinori Omi, Kôichi Satô
- Directors:
- Shinji Sômai
- Producers:
- Yoshiyuki Kaino
- Writers:
- Takashi Ishii
- Aka:
- Rabu Hoteru
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/07/2024
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary: Jasper Sharp
- Documentaries: 'Shinji Somai at the Director's Company: Video essay by Josh Slater-Williams'
- Interviews: Minori Terada (actor) and Koji Enokido (assistant director)
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