House of Himiko

House of Himiko
House of Himiko
	Japanese poster from House of Himiko
Directed by	Isshin Inudo
Written by	Aya Watanabe
Produced by	Osamu Kubota; Shinji Ogawa;
Starring	Joe Odagiri; Kou Shibasaki; Min Tanaka;
Cinematography	Takahiro Tutai
Edited by	Hirohide Abe
Music by	Haruomi Hosono
Distributed by	Asmik Ace Entertainment
Release date	August 27, 2005
Running time	130 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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]

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

Jō Odagiri as Haruhiko
Ko Shibasaki as Saori
Min Tanaka as Tanaka
Hidetoshi Nishijima as Hosokawa
Torauemon Utazawa as Ruby
Kira Aoyama as Yamazaki

Reception

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

References

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

External links

Official Website
House of Himiko at IMDb
House of Himiko at AllMovie
メゾン・ド・ヒミコ at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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[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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