In looking at the movies I’m most eager for in September that aren’t Tenet, there were a few that really stood out. Obviously, Mulan is high on that list, but the toppers aren’t going to make a bunch of money at the box office. One is Netflix’s The Devil All the Time. The other, and this won’t be a shock to anyone who knows me, is Lost Girls & Love Hotels, a sexy, erotic adventure in Tokyo starring Alexandra Daddario. Unfortunately, I’m going to be waiting for a couple of weeks longer.
Daddario, who many will know from the Percy Jackson movies, True Detective, and Baywatch, plays an American woman experiencing two very different versions of Japan as she seeks to find herself and fill a life that has been unrewarding. While exploring the city’s provocative nightlife, she gives in to passions with another troubled soul, played by Takehiro Hira.
The film is directed by William Olsson, exploring somewhat similar territory as his 2009 film An American Affair, although involved a Presidential scandal.
Lost Girls & Love Hotels now opens on September 18th.
SYNOPSIS: “LOST GIRLS & LOVE HOTELS tells the story of an American English teacher named Margaret (Alexandra Daddario) and her nightly pilgrimages through Tokyo’s glittering nightlife in an attempt to forget her painful past and discover new meaning in the arms of a mysterious Yakuza (Takehiro Hira) named Kazu. The provocative tale takes the viewer on a journey through the darkest alleyways of Japan, as their affair tears them apart and reshapes them across Tokyo’s landscape of dive bars, alleyways and three-hour love hotels. In addition to Daddario and Hira, the film also stars Carice van Houten (TV’s “Game of Thrones,” Valkyrie), Misuzu Kanno (37 Seconds, Vise) and Kate Easton (Where’d You Go, Bernadette, You Were Never Really Here). “
