To be helmed by Swedish director William Olsson, the film is an adaption of the novel "Lost Girls And Love Hotels" by Catherine Hanrahan, who has also adapted the screenplay, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The "Game of Thrones" star joins Alexandra Daddario in the film which is about a young Western woman in the midst of losing herself in the bacchanal of nighttime Tokyo.
Apart from van Houten, actors Andrew Rothney, Kate Easton, Takehiro Hira and newcomer Elisabeth Larena has also joined the project.