House of Himiko

House of Himiko (メゾン・ド・ヒミコ, Mezon do himiko [1]), also known internationally as La Maison de Himiko, is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Isshin Inudo and starring Kō Shibasaki as Saori, Min Tanaka as Saori's father Himiko, and Joe Odagiri as Haruhiko, Himiko's lover. The film was shown at the Japanese film festival in Sydney in December 2006 (as La Maison de Himiko).[2]

For other uses, see Himiko.
House of Himiko
Japanese poster from House of Himiko
Directed byIsshin Inudo
Written byAya Watanabe
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTakahiro Tutai
Edited byHirohide Abe
Music byHaruomi Hosono
Distributed byAsmik Ace Entertainment
Release date
August 27, 2005
Running time
130 min.
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

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.

Cast

Reception

In 2007, the film won the Nippon Cinema Award at the Nippon Connection Film Festival.[3]

References
  1. Yoshiko Matsumoto (Editor) Faces of Aging: The Lived Experiences of the Elderly in Japan, p. 130, at Google Books
  2. "New Event: Sydney Japanese film festival ' La Maison de Himiko'". meetup.com. November 17, 2006. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  3. "Nippon Connection 2007, Frankfurt a. M." www.nipponconnection.de. Retrieved 4 March 2019.


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