Hospitalité Explained

Hospitalité
Director:Koji Fukada
Producer:Koji Fukada
Kiki Sugino
Starring:Kanji Furutachi
Runtime:96 minutes
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

is a 2010 Japanese comedy film directed by Koji Fukada.[1] [2]

Cast

Reception

Ben Sachs of Chicago Reader called Hospitalité a "charming comedy",[3] while Chris Cabin of Slant Magazine called it "Essentially timeless".[4]

Maggie Lee of The Hollywood Reporter said that the film is "bizarre" and compared disguised Japanese xenophobia as a "house intruder" motif to that of Yoshimitsu Morita's Family Game and Max Frisch's play The Fire Raisers.[5]

Ronnie Scheib of Variety was quoted saying that "[the film] maintains a marvelous tension between a prim comedy of manners and unbridled slapstick".[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Smith, Ian Hayden . International Film Guide 2012. 2012. 978-1908215017. 157.
  2. Web site: Osaka Asian Film Festival. 8 July 2021.
  3. News: Hospitalite. Sachs. Ben. Chicago Reader. 8 July 2021.
  4. Review: Kôji Fukada's Hospitalité. Cabin. Chris. Slant Magazine. 23 March 2011.
  5. Web site: Hospitalite — Film Review. Lee. Maggie. The Hollywood Reporter. 23 October 2010. 8 July 2021.
  6. Hospitalite. Scheib. Ronnie. Variety. 29 May 2011.