La Maison de Himiko (2005)

La Maison de Himiko (2005)

Release Date: 2005, August 27
Directors: Isshin Inudo
Countries: Japan
Production: IMJ Entertainment, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Stardust Pictures, Culture Publishers, Asmik Ace Entertainment
Cast: Ko Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Hatori, Min Tanaka, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Hirokazu Inoue, Joe Odagiri, Shinichi Yanagisawa, Tokimasa Tanabe, Junkyu Moriyama, Chiharu Muraishi, Torauemon Utazawa

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.