The Uchōten Hotel


The Uchōten Hotel is a 2006 Japanese comedy film, written and directed by director Kōki Mitani. The film is set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, and follows the misadventures of various hotel staff and guests in the run-up to midnight.
The film is reminiscent of the Hollywood screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, and explicitly references the 1932 film Grand Hotel, whose plot also followed the interlinked lives of various characters in a fictional hotel over a short period.
Cast members include: Kōji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Kōichi Satō, Shingo Katori, Ryoko Shinohara, Keiko Toda, Katsuhisa Namase, Kumiko Asō, YOU and Toshiyuki Nishida.
The film was nominated for 11 Japanese Academy Awards, but did not win in any of the categories.

Plot

The plot involves numerous characters, the different problems or situations they face in the run-up to midnight, and the ways that these different storylines interact and are resolved. The various storylines include:
The film was the third highest-grossing domestic film at the Japanese box office in 2006 and, as of January 5, 2015, is the 93rd highest-grossing film in Japan, with ¥6.08 billion.