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Love Hotel (1986)
A call-girl named Yumi and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion.
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A call-girl named Yumi and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion.
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Takashi Ishii
In Theaters:8/8/1986
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Runtime:88 minutes
Studio:Directors Company, Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Shinji Sōmai
Director
Noriko Hayami
Nami Tsuchiya/'Yumi'
Minori Terada
Tetsuro Muraki
Kiriko Shimizu
Ryoko Muraki
Nobutaka Masutomi
Kiyoshi Ohta
Rie Nakagawa
Masayo Ohta
Masatô Ibu
Taxi Passenger
Toshinori Omi
Assistant Director
Koichi Sato
Taxi Driver
Ryô Kinomoto
Yakuza
Daisuke Iijima
Collection Thug
Koji Koike
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