Uchoten Hotel ~Suite Dreams *Koji Yakusho EN Subtitled

It's New Year's Eve for the Hotel Avanti (Set in a five star Tokyo hotel), and the whole place is in panic mode. There's an award ceremony and countdown party to prepare for, guests to greet, entertainment to organise, a persistent call girl to deter, an escapee duck to find, and more. It is near impossible to sum up this film in a few neat concise paragraphs. The level of writing that has gone into this film is fantastic. Throughout, it really feels like a stage play. The viewer feels intimate with the story and characters, and there is a real warmth and closeness there that is rare to find. Perhaps it the writer's experience with the stage that allows that quality to come through, and as such it is a real strength for the film. This intimacy really helps the viewer to involve themselves in the story, which is incredibly fast-paced and deliciously mischievous in design. The film is really funny, and represents a very full spectrum of humour, from "hmmm" funny to "hah hah", and wry to downright silly, but still manages to be quite understated. The jokes of course wouldn't work without the film's biggest strength: the characters (All-star, major Japanese actors & actresses). They are all so enjoyable to watch, as their adventures and mishaps tangle and spiral together, gathering momentum in one huge snowball effect. Some scenes are the culmination of so many threads that it is wonderfully painful to watch it all come together. It is hard not to talk at the TV. To the writer's credit though, the film is often refreshingly unpredictable, and I was impressed to find that this comedy of errors didn't just rely on the same old gags as similarly styled comedies. The film also carries a dramatic message, and while all of the characters are caricatures of sorts, they are much deeper than that, and live and breath to the extent that the viewer finds themselves genuinely caring about what happens to them. There are so many great characters and scenes in this film that it would be a very cynical viewer that couldn't take away something memorable from it.

Part 01

Part 02

Shomuni Special 2 ~2000 New Year SP EN Subtitled

As the year 2000 (Y2K) approaches, Manpan has contracted a team of computer experts to counter the anticipated threat of malfunctions to the system when the Y2K bug hits.

Meanwhile, Terasaki and Nonomura are about to deliver the dreaded Black Card (a lay-off notice) to a member of the staff, but to whom? When Chief Inoue mysteriously vanishes, Shomuni girls are left without the key to the safe, which contains their tickets for a relaxing New Year trip to the Onsen (Hot Springs). An infestation of rats is in the building and Shomuni must lay traps, but what kind of rat will they catch?



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Part 02

Shomuni ~FOREVER Special *Makiko Esumi

Rare ~Shomuni Forever staring Makiko Esumi no EN sub (129 mins).
Featuring: Dream 6 Lotto

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