Love Hotel

Love Hotel

Directed by Shinji Sōmai

Produced by Directors Company, Nikkatsu Corporation

198588 min6.7 / 10

A dark, melancholic exploration of trauma and obsession between two damaged people drawn together by a violent past they cannot escape.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Love Hotel sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Love Hotel easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Love Hotel end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Love Hotel violent? Somewhat. More violent than 72% of films.

  • Is Love Hotel scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

77/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity87

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise92

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Love Hotel

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Love Hotel

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Love Hotel, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Love Hotel, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Love Hotel, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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