Suite Dreams (Wow-Choten Hotel)
- Original title
- THE Uchôten Hoteru (The Uchôten Hotel)
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 136 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Kôji Yakusho
- Takako Matsu
- Koichi Sato
- Shingo Katori
- Ryoko Shinohara
- Keiko Toda
- Katsuhisa Namase
- Kumiko Aso
- You
- Toshiyuki Nishida
- Jô Odagiri
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama. Romance | Christmas
- Synopsis
- 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 Koki 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 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 of time.
Cast members include: Koji Yakusho (Heikichi Shindo, the hotel accommodation manager), Takako Matsu (Hana Takemoto, the chamber-maid with a case of mistaken identity), Koichi Sato (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.- Awards
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2007: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: 11 nominations
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