Lost Girls And Love Hotels: A Western Girl & Japanese Aesthetics

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When I saw the trailer of this movie, it gave a vibe of Scarlett Johansson's Lost in Translation (2003) as it is located in Japan. It also felt like Dakota Johnson's Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) because it is an adaptation of Catherine Hanrahan's adult novel with the same name. Alexandra Daddario is known for comedy-drama movies, but 'Lost Girls And Love Hotels' is different from her other movies.

Lost Girls And Love Hotels (2020)
Genres: Drama, Romance
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Takehiro Hira, Carice van Houten 

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Margaret (Alexandra Daddario) is that lost girl who loves 'Love Hotels'. She is not really lost but lonely and clueless about her life. It seems that her character is isolated from reality and people. She must have come to Tokyo to forget her past life, but nothing has changed. She has no close friends, except two beer bar friends. Getting drunk and spending nights in Love Hotels with strangers is her routine. Margaret teaches English pronunciation to Japanese flight attendants, but she is reckless about her job.

One night when she was looking for a stranger, she met Kazu. Kazu (Takehiro Hira) is a charming Japanese man and a member of the Japanese criminal organization, Yakuza. Margaret falls in love with him. The rest of the story is about how Kazu helps her get back on track.

Japan is an ideal place for aesthetic cinema. I liked the cinematography. The script of the movie is quite shallow, but I liked the sensible role of Alexandra Daddario because it is better than the mediocre funny roles she usually plays. I would like to see more movies like this. Carice van Houten (Game Of Thrones, Melisandre) is playing Alexandra's friend role, but her role is quite minimal.

This isn't an extraordinary movie, but a new experience for Alexandra Daddario's fans. If you like Japanese aesthetics and are a fan of Alexandra Daddario, then you should check out 'Lost Girls And Love Hotels'.

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