Somewhere on the coast of Taiwan is Hotel Iris, a mouldering seaside establishment run by a cold and thrifty Japanese woman (Nahana) and her lonely half-Taiwanese daughter Mari (Lucia). One night, Mari hears the cries of a woman from the upper floors. Heading up to investigate, she witnesses a distraught woman in a red camisole dress escape an impeccably dressed but violent man (NAGASE Masatoshi) whose cold voice is entrancing. Mari’s initial shock turns into a strange fascination which drives her to follow the man to discover more about him. He is a translator who lives on an isolated island one can only reach by boat and rumours swirl around him and recent murders. The closer she gets to the man, the more a hidden layer of Mari’s personality awakens as she allows herself to be engulfed by his strange passions…
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Cast
6 people
Masatoshi Nagase
Violent Man
Known for
Suicide Club
Sweet Bean
Lucia
Mari
Known for
Copycat Killer
Nahana
Mari's mother
Known for
The Machine Girl
In Love and Deep Water
Kanichiro
Known for
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Umin Boya
Known for
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Lee Kang-sheng
Boatman
Known for
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Vive L'Amour
Hiroshi Okuhara Director · Slawomir Kowalewski Composer Yu Jing Ping Cinematographer
First release March 9, 2021 · Produced in Taiwan, Japan · Languages Chinese, Japanese
Production
長谷工作室
Production
Taiwan · Japan
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Languages
Original title
ホテルアイリス
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 9, 2021
Premiere · The Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) 2021
Japan · February 18, 2022
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Taiwan
November 26, 2022 · Theatrical
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