Ero-Nites
Rabu hoteru
Dir. Sōmai Shinji
Japan 1985, 88’
Subtitles: English
When businessman Muraki Tetsuro 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.
Awards and Festivals
Yokohama Film Festival 1986 - Best Film, Best Actor, Best New Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography
Screenings
Kino Kameralne Cafe on September 19 at 11 p.m. and on September 28 at 9 p.m.
Sōmai Shinji
Sōmai Shinji was born on January 13, 1948 in Morioka, Iwate, Japan. He was a director and assistant director, known for Typhoon Club (1985), Wait and See (1998) and Ohikkoshi (1993). His film Moving was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1999 he won the FIPRESCI prize at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival for his film Wait and See. He died on September 9, 2001 in Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
Selected filmography
1985 Typhoon Club / Taifū kurabu
1993 Moving / Ohikkoshi
1998 Wait and See / Ah haru
2000 Umbrella Flower / Kaza-hana
Cast & Crew
Director: Sōmai Shinji
Screenplay: Ishii Takashi
Cinematography: Shinoda Noboru
Editing: Tomita Isao
Cast: Terada Minori, Hayami Noriko, Nakagawa Rie, Shimizu Kiriko, Masutomi Nobutaka, Omi Toshinori, Satō Kōichi
Producer: Kaino Yoshiyuki
Production: Director's Company, Nikkatsu
Language: Japanese
Colouration: Colour
