Hospitalité (2010)

The film follows the follies that ensue when a man and his wife shack up with a family that owns a printing press in their building, the husband takes it over, and the couple begin inviting a motley crew of friends.

Director:

Kôji Fukada

Writer:

Kôji Fukada

Stars:

Kenji Yamauchi, Kiki Sugino, Kanji Furutachi

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kenji Yamauchi	...	Mikio Kobayashi
Kiki Sugino	...	Natsuki Kobayashi
Kanji Furutachi	...	Hanataro Kagawa
Bryerly Long	...	Annabelle Kagawa
Eriko Ono	...	Eriko Kobayashi
Kumi Hyôdô	...	Seiko (as Kumi Hyodo)
Hiroko Matsuda	...	Toshiko
Tatsuya Kawamura	...	Musician
Naoki Sugawara	...	Takahiro Honma
Haruka Saito	...	Mikio's First Wife
Hideki Nagai
Makoto Adachi
Ryuzo Hayashi
Tsuyoshi Kondo
Kenichi Akiyama

Storyline

In suburban Tokyo, the Kobayashis - Mikio, his young second wife Natsuki, and his young adolescent daughter Eriko, who was borne out of his first marriage - live in a small flat above the family printing business. Mikio inherited the business and the flat from his father who passed away two years ago. Temporarily living with them is Mikio's divorced sister Seiko, who is there until she decides what to do, which is in her mind - unrealistically - to go abroad to learn English. Their rather dull and staid lives are punctuated by Eriko's pet parakeet having recently flown away, it which they are scouring the neighborhood looking for, and their neighbors organizing a neighborhood watch to keep out undesirables, namely foreigners who they believe are causing no good to their society. Into their lives stumbles Hanataro Kagawa, the son of their father's old friend. Before they know it, Kagawa has talked his way into a job working at the print shop and room and board in their flat. Kagawa ...

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Plot Keywords:

promiscuous wife | skank | infidelity | xenophobia | promiscuous woman | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Unrated

User Reviews

Definitely eye candy wife

She is skinny, has a nice face and feminine hair... and yet she is nothing but a groupie and an easy ho who cheats... which is why it is so strange to see her husband cheat... well I mean the more the merrier of course...but the chick is doable!

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

21 July 2021 (France)

Also Known As:

Hospitalité

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kinokuniya, Letre, Wa Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1