
Masquerade Hotel
The plot of the film centers on three murder cases that take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scene, which possibly hints to where the Bad Apples next murder will take place. An investigation begins to hunt down the serial killer and detective Kosuke Nitta (Takuya Kimura) is chosen to lead the case.
Kosuke Nitta believes the next murder is going to happen at Tokyo’s Hotel Koruteshia. To get hold of the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the hotel’s front desk. Naomi Yamagishi (Masami Nagasawa), who works at hotel’s front desk is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they just don’t get along well. While Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching Alien Siege the killer, Naomi Yamagishi’s priority is to safeguard the guests. As they both start understanding each other’s differences, they also begin to build a certain bond of trust in each other.
According to Goodreads, as a novelist, Keigo Higashino has always been a good mystery writer in Japan and his writing style differs from other authors because he never confines himself to one single formula, but always experiments with different styles. “Masquerade Hotel” is not a generic kind of murder mystery where the hero or heroine suddenly confronts murder and somehow is thrown into a partnership with a law enforcement officer to solve the case. Instead, the story consists of numerous Lifechanger sub-plots from which the solution to catching the killer emerges.
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Director: Masayuki Suzuki
Actors: Atsuro Watabe, Eisuke Sasai, Fumiyo Kohinata, Masami Nagasawa, Takuya Kimura, Yuki Izumisawa, Zen Kajihara
Country: Japan