The Hotel Venus (ホテル ビーナス) 19 years old

The Hotel Venus

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.

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The Hotel Venus Cast

Name Character
Masanobu Katsumura He was 41, now 60 years old
Jo Eun-ji She was 23, now 43 years old as Soda
Teruyuki Kagawa He was 38, now 58 years old
Masatō Ibu He was 55, now 75 years old
Lee Joon-gi He was 22, now 42 years old as Boy
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi He was 30, now 49 years old
Yoji Tanaka He was 41, now 60 years old
Masachika Ichimura He was 55, now 75 years old
Takashi Matsuo He was 44, now 63 years old
Miki Nakatani She was 28, now 48 years old

The Hotel Venus Crew

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The Hotel Venus poster
The Hotel Venus (19 years)

  • Release day: Friday, September 10, 2004
  • Runtime: 125 minutes
  • Revenue: 5910042.00