Kabukicho Love Hotel
2014 2h 15m movie Film Japan

Kabukicho Love Hotel

さよなら歌舞伎町

Synopsis

さよなら歌舞伎町

This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light district.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Kabukicho Love Hotel. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Comedy + Drama in Japan

462 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kabukicho Love Hotel itself).

The 2013–2015 Japan Window

In the crowded 2013-2015 Japan release window, Kabukicho Love Hotel sits at #392 of 546. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Attack on Titan
    #1

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013
  2. Haikyu!!
    #2

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  3. Your Lie in April
    #3

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  4. Golden Time
    #4

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  5. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #5

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  6. Castle Town Dandelion
    #6

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  7. SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD
    #7

    SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  8. The Seven Deadly Sins
    #8

    The Seven Deadly Sins

    ★ 8.5 · 2014

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kabukicho Love Hotel premiered alongside 186 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.

The 3024th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

35
Reviews
55th
Review-volume percentile
60th
Popularity percentile

35 audience reviews — more than 55% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 60th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Kabukicho Love Hotel, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • undocumented immigrant · 4
  • kabukicho · 2
  • love hotel · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • prostitution · 25
  • fugitive · 8
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • japan · 454

Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
35
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,301 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #1,072 of 1,411 (top 76%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesThe Fool
Runtime2h 15m
Release DateSeptember 7, 2014
IMDbtt3876372
Official Sitewww.sayonara-kabukicho.com

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