Love Hotel (1985) Rabu hoteru

Director: Shinji Sômai
Writer: Takashi Ishii
Stars: Noriko Hayami, Minori Terada, Kiriko Shimizu

The script written by Takashi Ishii is the first draft of what would eventually become Angel Guts: Red Dizziness in 1988 (In my opinion this film is much better than Red Dizziness). The story is typical of a Ishii scripts, Muraki's company goes bankrupt and his wife gets raped by loan sharks who are content using her body to pay off interest on his debts. Muraki is overwhelmed with grief and despair; he's sick of his life and wants to end it. He picks up a prostitute, Nami, because she looks like someone who will understand his torment. To sum in one sentence: Desparate man meets part-time prostitute just before his suicide and sad story starts.

Shinji Somai is arguably the best Japanese director in 80s. He began his career with youth-oriented pop-star vehicles for Toho (eg.Sailor Suit and Machine Gun) starring singer Hiroko Yakushimaru. In 1985 he decided to give a try with Nikkatsu Roman Porno. Love Hotel won Nikkatsu's in-house award for Best Film of the Year. But Somai was dissatisfied with Roman Porno and returned to mainstream cinema, helming Typhoon Club, one of the best Japanese films in 80s.

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