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The Hotel Venus
The Hotel Venus
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The Hotel Venus

Original Title: ホテル ビーナス

2004
2h 5m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

2004

Runtime

2h 5m

Storyline

In a strange alienated world there is a secret hotel in a shabby diner called the Venus Café, harboring some unusual people where compelling secrets lie in each resident's heart. Torturing secrets that have broken their emotional boundaries in the past. In this bittersweet, heart-wrenching story, there lives a man by the name of Chonan (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) who lives in the attic and works as a waiter or handyman at the hotel. Room 1 is shared by two residents; an incapable alcoholic and an illegal doctor named Doctor (Teruyuki Kagawa) and Wife (Miki Nakatani) who used to be a nurse but now works as a hostess living in the hopes of Doctor's recuperation. In Room 3 lives a bubbly girl by the name of Soda (Jo Eun Ji), who came from a deserted town where no one flowers flourished and has a dream to open her own flower shop. Finally, Room 4, occupied by a challenging young boy by the name of Boy (Lee Joon Gi), who carries around a gun longing to become a strong man and wishes to some day.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 5m
Sep 10, 2004
Languages
Korean
Director
Hideta Takahata
Hideta Takahata
Production
Venus Pictures
Venus Pictures
Production Countries
Japan

Top Cast

12 Cast Members

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Miki Nakatani

Miki Nakatani

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Cho Eun-ji

Cho Eun-ji

Soda

Lee Joon-gi

Lee Joon-gi

Boy

Park Jeong-Woo

Masachika Ichimura

Masachika Ichimura

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Takashi Matsuo

Takashi Matsuo

Masanobu Katsumura

Masanobu Katsumura

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Ji Hyun-woo

Ji Hyun-woo

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