Project Detail

Love Hotel

Synopsis

The Angel, in central Osaka, is one of the 30,000 love hotels to be found across Japan today. Love Hotels like The Angel can be rented by the hour or for days – they are used by all members of Japanese society including married couples and pensioners. Yet the special Fantasy or ‘concept’ love hotels like The Angel, that once boomed from the 1970s until a few years ago are now facing pressures from conservative lobby groups and rival chains, and many hotels are being forced out of business from a love hotel market that makes two times as much as Toyota Motors each year.
Sofia International Film Festival 2015 - International premiere

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
80 mins
Director
Philip Cox
Producer
Giovanna Stopponi
Editor
Bert Hunger
Screenwriter
Philip Cox
Director of Photography
Philip Cox
Composer
Florencia Di Concilio

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Native Voice Films

71 Regents Studios
8 Andrews Road
London
E8 4QN

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