thankless sexual encounters, Margaret finally spots Kazu with his family by chance one day and follows him into a love hotel. Kazu reprimands Margaret for following him, telling her nothing can happen between them. When Margaret insists that she loves him, they have sex one more time before he sends her away, leaving him saddened and conflicted. When Margaret returns to her apartment to find an eviction notice, she desperately takes a job as a bar hostess for drunken businessmen, but finds herself uncomfortable and leaves without getting paid. Now homeless and at rock bottom, Margaret runs into Liam's girlfriend Louise, who reveals that Liam had been deported. After sharing a drink with Louise, Margaret gets drunk and begins wandering around Tokyo aimlessly at night until she takes notice of a strange man following her and asks him to take her to a love hotel. She strips naked and lies on the bed where the stranger ties her up. When he suggests that he could kill her, she begs him to do it, but Kazu comes into the room to rescue her, having followed her. Grateful for being rescued, Margaret decides to start anew by leaving Tokyo. On the plane, Margaret notices Tamiko, one of her former students, as her flight attendant and they smile at each other while Tamiko demonstrates safety procedures. Margaret calls Kazu to tell him she now understands the symbolism of the "Buddha's womb" and finally feels reborn before saying goodbye for good. Cast Alexandra Daddario as Margaret Takehiro Hira as Kazu Carice van Houten as Ines Andrew Rothney as Liam Misuzu Kanno as Nakamura Yasunari Takeshima as Used Kate Easton as Louise Haruka Imo as Tamiko Production In December 2009, it was announced that Kate Bosworth would produce and star in Lost Girls and Love Hotels, based on the 2006 novel by Catherine Hanrahan. Jean-Marc Vallee was tapped to direct and Nadia Conners wrote the adapted screenplay. However, the film never made it to production. In October 2017, it was announced that Alexandra Daddario would star in a newly produced adaptation under the title I Am Not a Bird, which would later revert to its original title. Hanrahan was hired to adapt her own novel and William Olsson was hired to direct. The rest of the cast, including Carice van Houten and Takehiro Hira, was announced in November 2017. Principal photography took place from October