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La Maison de Himiko

2005 · 130 min

A quiet, tender drama about estranged family and acceptance, moving slowly toward reconciliation with warmth and sorrow.

Directed by
Isshin Inudo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ko Shibasaki, Joe Odagiri, Min Tanaka
Overview
Saori is a young woman struggling to make her way in life. Her gay father, Himiko, had abandoned Saori and her mother years before. Now her father's young lover Haruhiko shows up to tell Saori that her father is dying of cancer. Still angry with her father but in need of money, Saori travels to the House of Himiko, a nursing home established by her father for gay men. Over time, a tenuous relationship begins to develop between Saori, her father, and Haruhiko.

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Directed by
Isshin Inudo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ko Shibasaki, Joe Odagiri, Min Tanaka
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • identity
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Isshin Inudo
Written by
Aya Watanabe
Starring
Ko Shibasaki, Joe Odagiri, Min Tanaka, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shin'ichi Hatori, Hirokazu Inoue, Junkyu Moriyama, Chiharu Muraishi
Cinematography
Takahiro Tsutai
Runtime
130 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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