Masquerade Hotel

Original title: Masukarêdo hoteru

2019
2h 13m

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Takuya Kimura and Masami Nagasawa in Masquerade Hotel (2019)

A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.

Director
- Masayuki Suzuki
Writers
- Keigo Higashino
- Michitaka Okada
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

2.3K

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Director
- Masayuki Suzuki
Writers
- Keigo Higashino
- Michitaka Okada
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations

Trivia
The film was filmed at The Continental hotel at Yokohama.

Connections
Followed by Masquerade Night (2021)

User reviews8

Review

Featured review

5/10

Looks Thrown Together.

GRAND HOTEL (1932) Japan style. Uneven mini plots (linked to a small, but expensive looking hotel) make up the bulk of the film - sort of like TV episodes. Murder mystery (usually running in the background except for the closing scenes) is hard to follow, since it is totally thread bare and stretched to the point of being an obviously faked plot. Actors are OK, but performances are nothing great. Cinematography is packed with tricks (camera is hyper acrobatic!) plus lots of CGI seems to have been used to compensate for the small main set (the lobby of the hotel). Special effects are fine, but highly repetitive. Music is overkill with dramatic sounding themes that seldom match the bland scenes displayed. Big orchestra sound. Subtitles are mostly OK, but can hit or miss the dialog. Viewed at JICC J-Film event. WILLIAM FLANIGAN