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A Fabulous Miracle during the Worst New Year's Eve
"The Wow Choten Hotel"
(136mins, 2006)
Directed by Koki Mitani
In Japanese with English subtitles

Wednesday, January 14 @ 7:00PM

 
              ©2006 Fuji Television Network

About the Movie: 

Director Koki Mitani continues to hone his screwball skills with this crowd-pleasing comedy about a hapless hotel accommodations manager juggling multiple responsibilities in preparation for the forthcoming New Year's Eve celebrations set to take place in the lavish Hotel Avanti.  New Year's eve has arrived, and as the clock ticks towards midnight detail oriented accommodations manager Shindo (Koji Yakusho) prepares the Hotel Avanti for the Stage Director's Association's Man of the Year award ceremony, a press conference for a respected politician, and, of course, the massive bash that will ring in the new year.  As things turn hectic and former theater director Shindo's ex-wife Yumi (Meiko Harada) turns up on the arm of the soon-to-be-honored Man of the Year, the whirlwind energy also sweeps up such quirky characters as Shindo's loyal debuty (Keiko Toda), a platinum-wigged prostitute (Ryoko Shinohara), a crooning bellhop (Shingo Katori), a deeply depressed entertainer (Toshiyuki Nishida), and a chambermaid (Takako Matsu) who is mistaken as the mistress of a wealthy guest.
(Text: Jason Buchanan, The New York Times) 

 Venue: The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, Auditorium

(5700 Wilshire Blvd. #100, Los Angeles, CA 90036) 

 Admission: Free

Reservation is not required. 

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