Suite Dreams
Japan / 2006 / 136 min
In Japanese with English subtitles

It’s New Year’s Eve, and amidst the frantic preparations to celebrate the countdown, manager Shindo and his crew of the Avanti Hotel must also attend to a series of misadventures brought to the scene by their distinguished guests — a group of moose researchers who are organising an awards ceremony, a scandalous politician hiding from the media, a suicidal veteran enka singer, the mistress of Shindo’s ex-wife’s current husband, and even a pet duck on the loose. How will they survive the night? Renowned dramatist Koki Mitani led a star-studded ensemble cast to tell the story of complex human relationships unravelled through absurdity, with Koji Yakusho delivering another exemplar of portraying Mr. Nobody with his “selfless” performance.
 

DIR:
Koki Mitani
CAST:
Koji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Koichi Sato, Shingo Katori, Ryoko Shinohara, Keiko Toda
TIME & VENUE
17/11 7:15PM PREMIERE ELEMENTS
26/11 3:50PM Broadway Cinematheque
04/12 9:35PM Broadway Cinematheque
16/12 1:00PM Broadway Cinematheque
31/12 9:35PM Broadway Cinematheque
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