Ryuichi HIROKI
Kabukicho Love Hotel
さよなら歌舞伎町
Nippon Cinema ª
24 hours in Tokyo’s infamous red-light district Kabukicho: everyone is hoping for a better future and yet ends up in lies and self-deception. KABUKICHO LOVE HOTEL is a bittersweet portrait in which dreams and reality collide and a “Love Hotel” serves as a microcosm representing modern urban society.
さよなら歌舞伎町
Kabukicho Love Hotel
Japan 2015
119 minutes
Director
Ryuichi HIROKI
Script
Haruhiko ARAI, Futoshi NAKANO
Cinematography
Atsuhiro NABESHIMA
Music
Ayano TSUJI
Production
"Kabukicho Love Hotel" Film Partners
World sales
Nikkatsu
Cast
Shota SOMETANI, Atsuko MAEDA, Eun-Woo LEE, Yutaka MATSUSHIGE, Kaho MINAMI
About Ryuichi HIROKI
Born in Fukushima prefecture in 1954, Ryuichi HIROKI is a highly productive filmmaker who learned his trade in pink films before making his own debut with SEIGYAKU! in 1982. Receiving a number of awards, he had his breakthrough in 2003 with VIBRATOR. He is a regular guest at the NIPPON CONNECTION film festival.