The Uchoten Hotel
Japanese Ttle: 有頂天ホテル / ＴＨＥ 有頂天ホテル
Also Known As: The Wow-Choten Hotel / Suite Dreams
Year: 2006
Country: Japan
Director: Koki Mitani
Screenwrieter: Koki Mitani
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 136 min
Language: Japanese
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498587/
Release Date: January 14, 2006
Cast:
* Koji Yakusho - Heikichi Shindo
Takako Matsu - Hana Takemoto
Koichi Sato - Katsutoshi Mutoda
Shingo Katori - Kenji Tadano
Ryoko Shinohara - Yoko the Call Girl
Keiko Toda - Tokiko Yabe
Katsuhisa Namase - Takashi Seo
Kumiko Aso - Naomi Ohara
You - Sakura Cherry
Joe Odagiri - Ukon
Takuzo Kadono - Mamoru Hotta
Susumu Terajima - Jose Kochi
Kazuyuki Asano - Mamoru Jimbo
Yoshimasa Kondo - Naomasa Bando
Jiei Kabira - Tange
Keiko Horiuchi - Mutsuko Noma
Zen Kajiwara - Bito
Masanori Ishii - Kurodo
Mieko Harada - Yumi Hotta
Toshiaki Karasawa - Juichi Akamaru
Masahiko Tsugawa - Kenji Bando
Shiro Ito - The General Maneger
Toshiyuki Nishida - Zenbu Tokugawa
Kazuyuki Aijima - The Guardman
Hyoei Enoki - Mannojo Sakata
Madoka Narasaki - Bonita
Madoka Narazaki - Bonita Kochi
Haruka Orth - Marilyn Monroe
Aya Takashima - The screaming woman
Naoki Tanaka - Naosuke Iijima
Akiko Yagi - Tamiko Iijima
Koichi Yamadera - Dabudabu Duck (voice)
Hajime Inoue
Minoru Sawatari
Michiko Shimizu
Synopsis/ Plot:
Koji Yakusho leads the pack as one of a pair of mismatched and dueling Deputy Managers. His courteous and gentlemanly character is our guide through the ensuing tribulations as he tries to maintain calm and placate the increasingly oddball General Manager.
As if staff politics and preparations for the party alone were not enough to deal with, his professional headaches worsen when his ex-wife turns up on the arm of a renowned academic leading a convention of deer specialists. But before the night is out, this domestic issue will pale in comparison to other successive problems which threaten further catastrophe. Not only does a scandal-stricken politician hole up in the hotel pursued by the entire press corps but a famous crooner chooses this night to contemplate a highly-visible suicide.
In time-honored tradition, deception piles on top of misunderstanding as nine different layers of story are interwoven in a grand tapestry of the human condition. The audience is uniquely privy to the host of mistaken identities and inevitable subterfuge but just when it seems all might spin out of control, we feel the sure hand of a consummate playwright guiding us. All the threads are gathered and everything works out for the best. Even the ventriloquist's fugitive duck plays a part in bringing about the final grand, redemption.
REFERENCES
Official Site: http://www.uchoten.com/
Wiki: http://asianmediawiki.com/The_Uchoten_Hotel
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