The Hotel Vénus (호텔 금성)

Japan production
Release date in South Korea : 2004-Sept-10


In a strange alienated world there is a secret hotel in a shabby diner called the Venus Café, harbouring some unusual people where compelling secrets lie in each resident's heart. Torturing secrets that have broken their emotional boundaries in the past. In this bittersweet, heart-wrenching story, there lives a man by the name of Chonan (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) who lives in the attic and works as a waiter or handyman at the hotel. Room 1 is shared by two residents; an incapable alcoholic and an illegal doctor named Doctor (Teruyuki Kagawa) and Wife (Miki Nakatani) who used to be a nurse but now works as a hostess living in the hopes of Doctor's recuperation. In Room 3 lives a bubbly girl by the name of Soda (Jo Eun Ji), who came from a deserted town where no one flowers flourished and has a dream to open her own flower shop. Finally, Room 4, occupied by a challenging young boy by the name of Boy (Lee Jun Ki), who carries around a gun longing to become a strong man and wishes to some day become a hitman. Then there is the owner of the café, Venus, who is a mysterious transvestite and has only one able leg. Later one day, a drifter by the name of Gai (Park Jung Woo), a quiet man who would avoid verbal communication, walks into the Venus Café with a little girl named Sai (Heui Ko To) who never smiles. He tells Chonan the secret password to entering the hidden hotel and then they became the residents to Room 2. Gai later gets a job at a construction site, while Chonan preserves in comforting Sai to open up her heart and in the process finds his own heart slowly opening as well. Boy, who wants to become a strong man doesn't like Gai staying at the hotel and in the mist of things gets into fight with Gai challenging him to show his worth as a strong man. But in the progress ends up shooting Sai in the leg rendering her feeble. In addition, Soda who is usually bubbly later becomes sad due to the illegal errands she has run for her boss at the flower shop. But Chonan eventually discovers Soda's illegal errands and confronts her to preach to her the differences in right from wrong. In the mean while, Doctor and Wife are constantly fighting over their petty differences and Doctor's alcoholism, which later causes Wife to leave in depression.


Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Chonan
Miki Nakatani as Wife
Teruyuki Kagawa as Doctor
Park Jung Woo as Gai
Ko To Heui as Sai
Jo Eun Ji as Soda
Lee Jun Ki as Boy
Masachika Ichimura as Venus




Boy, who was abandoned by his mom now lives in Room #4 of the Venus Cafe. As he grew older, he wanted to become a hit man to show people that he is strong.


The Hotel Vénus Movie (Imeem)
The Hotel Vénus Movie (Hangukyeonghwa)
The Hotel Vénus Movie (Veoh)
The Hotel Vénus Movie (Vimeo)
The Hotel Vénus Movie (Vreel)


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Imeem

sorry...

I watched the movie. It wasn't subbed. I don't know who that man was to Junki who always got in his face. it was highly confusing.... lol If anyone could give me a quick summary that would be great

ok I'll make a summary of hotel venus for you .. using the photos..

This is all I remember from the movie .. a short summary..

Oh wow thank you for this! Yeah i understand it now. Thank you for your time

Do you guys know any sites where I can watch this movie, since it's licensed on CR?

it will be soon uploaded in our YouTube account..
for all the members!

thanks to colleen16 for doing that!

Thank you!!!!

you can already watch it in YouTube soem parts are already uploaded

i saw it and i loved every single minute of it. i have to see if i can buy it along with king and the clown but i'm a little iffy a bout that because of the uh..... lang of the movie and my family don't watch movies like that. but i'm pretty sure they will love this!. as soon as i get money i am going to own this.

2004, The Hotel Venus: THE MAKING











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Ooo, it's an art film! Not bad at all!! I am surprised that Kusanagi Tuyoshi san and the rest of the Japanese actors can speak almost accurate Korean throughout the whole movie... Doctor, Wife and Venus are all Japanese, but their Korean language didn't sound weird... I'm really impressed! And JunKi looks so young here! Like a little boy!! Haha!!

Thanks for uploading it in youtube!! It's a wonderful and inspiring art film! :]

Thanks for uploading on youtube, great job!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84fpFjnbfco&feature=related

I love this MV
It make me mis U. HOTEL VENUS
Desperado & JK
The message from this movie is very impressed.
I love it
I think it is one of the best of our JK
I can't believe this is his first movie.