Love Hotel Blu-ray 1985 Region B Third Window Films Shinji Somai Japanese

A dark, sensual tale from the acclaimed director of Typhoon Club! Introducing Third Window Films' Blu-ray release for Khinji Somai's 1985 dark drama Love Hotel. After mainstream success, Shinji Somai (Typhoon Club) returned to his Nikkatsu roots for this mournful softcore flick scripted by Takashi Ishii (writer of Evil Dead Trap and director of Gonin). 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. An existential study of two lonely and tortured souls, Somai’s melancholic tale follows the pair as they kindle a newfound friendship amid the chaos of their broken and dispirited lives. Part of the ‘Directors Company Collection’ – a series of films from the legendary 1980s Japanese production company, all presented with brand new digital rest