The Hotel of My Dream
8.5/10
Rating
100 min
Runtime
2024
Release Year
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Director
Cast
Non, Kei Tanaka, Kenichi Takitoh, Minami Tanaka, Misaki Hattori
Quick Synopsis
Set in 1984, the story follows Aida Taiju, a promising young writer whose career suffers after a dismissive critique from the established author Higashijujo-sensei. Both find themselves staying at the same historic hotel in Tokyo's Jimbocho publishing district, a place known for hosting writers. Determined to get back at Higashijujo, Taiju pretends to be someone else, causing him to miss an important writing deadline, and involves her editor in the scheme. This sparks a prolonged feud, during which Taiju, drawing on her acting skills, adopts various female personas to carry out her plans for revenge and blackmail against Higashijujo. The film is adapted from Asako Yuzuki's 2012 novel.
Detailed Synopsis of The Hotel of My Dream
In 1984, an up-and-coming writer named Aida Taiju has her career crushed by off-hand criticism from an established author, Higashijujo-sensei. They end up holed up writing in the same hotel historically favoured by authors in the Jimbocho publishing district. Swearing revenge, Taiju makes Higashijujo miss his writing deadline by pretending to be a different person, and entangles her editor into the ruse. They become entangled in a long-lasting feud of revenge where Taiju uses her acting background and pretends to be various different women in order to have her revenge on Higashijujo or blackmail him. Based on a novel by Asako Yuzuki from 2012.
