The Uchōten Hotel

The Uchōten Hotel
Directed by Kōki Mitani
Written by Kōki Mitani
Starring Koji Yakusho
Takako Matsu
Kōichi Satō
Shingo Katori
Ryoko Shinohara
Keiko Toda
Katsuhisa Namase
Kumiko Aso
You
Toshiyuki Nishida
Joe Odagiri
Release dates
  • 2006 (2006)
Running time
136 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office ¥6.08 billion (Japan)

The Uchōten Hotel (THE 有頂天ホテル THE Uchōten Hoteru) (also known as Suite Dreams and Wow-Choten Hotel) is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Kōki Mitani. The film is set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, and follows the misadventures of various hotel staff and guests in the run-up to midnight.

The film is reminiscent of the Hollywood screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, and explicitly references the 1932 film Grand Hotel, whose plot also followed the interlinked lives of various characters in a fictional hotel over a short period.

Cast members include: Koji Yakusho (Heikichi Shindo, the hotel accommodation manager), Takako Matsu (Hana Takemoto, the chamber-maid with a case of mistaken identity), Kōichi Satō (Katsutoshi Mutōda, the disgraced politician), Shingo Katori (Kenji Tadano, the bell boy with musical aspirations), Ryoko Shinohara (Yōko, the call girl), Keiko Toda (Tokiko Yabe, the deputy accommodation manager), Katsuhisa Namase (Takashi Seo), Kumiko Aso (Naomi Ohara), YOU (Cherry Sakura) and Toshiyuki Nishida (Zenbu Tokugawa, the aging enka star).

The film was nominated for 11 Japanese Academy Awards, but did not win in any of the categories.

Plot

The plot involves numerous characters, the different problems or situations they face in the run-up to midnight, and the ways that these different storylines interact and are resolved. The various storylines include:

Reception

The film was the third highest-grossing domestic film at the Japanese box office in 2006[1] and, as of January 5, 2015, is the 93rd highest-grossing film in Japan, with ¥6.08 billion.[2]

References

  1. "2006年(平成18年)興収10億円以上番組" (PDF). www.eiren.org (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. "歴代興収ベスト100". www.kogyotsushin.com (in Japanese). Kogyo Tsushinsha. January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.

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