Party 7

2000 Japanese film

Hilo Iizumi
Shunsuke Koga
Kazuto Takida

Starring

Masatoshi Nagase
Keisuke Horibe
Akemi Kobayashi
Yoshinori Okada
Yoshio Harada
Tadanobu Asano
Tatsuya Gasyuin

CinematographyHiroshi MachidaEdited byYumiko DoiMusic byJames Shimoji

Production
companies

Intrinsic
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Distributed by

Synapse Films
Third Window Films
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Release dates

September 27, 2000 (2000-09-27) (Filmfest Hamburg)
October 15, 2000 (2000-10-15) (Raindance)
November 4, 2000 (2000-11-04) (HIFF)
November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14) (Stockholm International Film Festival)

Running time

104 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Party 7 is a 2000 Japanese surreal comedy film written and directed by Katsuhito Ishii. The film features an ensemble cast including Masatoshi Nagase, Keisuke Horibe, Akemi Kobayashi, Yoshinori Okada, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano, and Tatsuya Gasyuin. The film follows two voyeurs who watch a Japanese gangster and his bizarre guests in a hotel room.^[1]

Party 7 premiered at Filmfest Hamburg on September 27, 2000.^[2]

Synopsis

Seeking refuge from members of his gang, Miki flees to a secluded hotel in New Mexico. However, people from his past begin to show up at his door bringing trouble with them. The hotel owner, only going by the alias Captain Banana, watches them through a hidden room alongside his new nephew Okita, a renowned peeping tom.