Hotel Chelsea (film)

Hotel Chelsea (ホテルチェルシー) is a 2009 thriller. The production traveled to New York for filming at the classic Hotel Chelsea, a place regularly visited by celebrities, after which the film was named.

Hotel Chelsea
Directed byJorge Valdés-Iga
Written byHiro Masuda
Produced byHiro Masuda
Tokuji Iuchi
Yoishi Kobayashi
StarringNao Nagasawa
Justin Morck
Hiro Masuda
Sawa Suzuki
Anthony Laurent
CinematographyCorey Eisenstein
Edited byAlphonse du Fleur
Music byKazushi Miyakoda
Distributed byIchigo Ichie Films
Ace Deuce Entertainment
Release date
  • May 8, 2009 (2009-05-08)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguagesJapanese
English

Plot

A newlywed Japanese couple travel to the Hotel Chelsea in New York City to enjoy their honeymoon. One night, the wife finds the lifeless body of her husband and a video containing footage of the brutal murder. A police detective arrives at the scene and tries to reconstruct the events surrounding the mysterious crime.[1]

Festivals

Release

Early reviews for Hotel Chelsea at the 2009 Radar Hamburg International Independent Film Festival drew applause at its premiere. Hotel Chelsea official premiered in Tokyo on May 8, 2009 to critical acclaim and commercial success.[4] In July 2010 was released on DVD.[5] Since March 2011, Hotel Chelsea has been available online for free and it established a long term earthquake and tsunami relief fund for Japan.[6]

References
  1. "Hotel Chelsea". 12° Japan Film Fest Hamburg. May 22, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  2. "2010 Film Schedule". Indie Spirit Film Festival. Apr 23, 2010. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  3. "Grid Format Schedule" (PDF). Rhode Island International Film Festival. Aug 3, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  4. "Scratch is Red-Hot in Mexico City for "Hotel Chelsea"". Digital Producer Magazine. Feb 22, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  5. "Hotel Chelsea - DVD". Amazon. Jul 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  6. Ichigo Ichie Films (Mar 4, 2011). "Free Hotel Chelsea Movie for Japan Relief". YouTube. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
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