Movie
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps
2018 · 120 min
A quiet, wrenching plunge into a family's worst decision, leaving you drained and thoughtful long after.
- Directed by
- Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Ryoko Shinohara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kurumi Inagaki
- Overview
- Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once their daughter, Mizuho, enters elementary school. One day, they receive devastating news of their daughter falling into a coma after a near-drowning accident at a pool. The doctors declare her brain dead with no prospect of recovery and the couple must decide if they should donate her organs to others in need or to wait until her heart stops beating.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Grief, family, morality, parenthood
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Ryoko Shinohara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kurumi Inagaki
