Blu-ray release: ‘Love Hotel’

By   |  May 9, 2024

Third Window Films are bringing the 1985 Japanese pink film ‘Love Hotel’ (ラブホテル) to UK Blu-ray on July 22, 2024.

Directed by Shinji Somai, the film revolves a man who loses everything and hires a prostitute to go with him to a love hotel with sex and suicide in mind. The cast includes Minori Terada, Noriko Hayami, Rie Nakagawa, Kiriko Shimizu, and Nobutaka Masutomi.

Synopsis: After Tetsuro 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, a part-time prostitute who has undergone similar tribulations.

Features:
• Feature length audio commentary by Jasper Sharp
• Shinji Somai at the Director’s Company: Video essay by Josh Slater-Williams
• Archival interview with actor Minori Terada and assistant director Koji Enokido
• Original Trailer
• Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
• ‘Directors Company’ edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp [2000 copies only]

‘Love Hotel’ is available to pre-order now from ArrowFilms.com or TerracottaDistribution.com.

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