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Love Hotel (1985 film)
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Wikipedia article
is a 1985 Japanese pink film in Nikkatsu's 'Roman porno' series, directed by Shinji Smai and starring Noriko Hayami.
Synopsis
When businessman Tetsuro Muraki has his company go bankrupt and his wife Ryoko is raped by gangsters who use her body to pay off his debts, he succumbs to despair. He hires a prostitute, Nami, to go with him to a love hotel with sex and suicide in mind.
Cast
* Minori Terada as Tetsuro Muraki
* Noriko Hayami as Nami Tsuchiya
* Rie Nakagawa as Masayo Ohta
* Kiriko Shimizu as Ryoko Muraki
* Nobutaka Masutomi as Kiyoshi Ohta
* Toshinori Omi as the Assistant Director
* Kichi Sat as the Taxi Driver
Background
Although director Shinji Smai had worked for Nikkatsu in the 1970s and served as an assistant director, this film marked his only work in the 'Roman porno' genre for Nikkatsu. The film was produced by the Directors's Company , an association of young directors formed in 1982. The screenplay was the work of Takashi Ishii who would later rework the script for his directorial debut, the 1988 film 'Angel Guts: Red Vertigo'.
Awards and nominations
'7th Yokohama Film Festival'
*'Won': Best Film
*'Won': Best Director - Shinji Smai
*'Won': Best Screenplay - Takashi Ishii
*'Won': Best Cinematography - Noboru Shinoda
*'Won': Best Actor - Minori Terada
The film also won the Nikkatsu in-house award for Best Film of the Year.
References
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