| Joe Odagiri, Kou Shibasaki , Min Tanaka
, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joe Odagiri.
Saori is a young woman who struggles to make a living from her
two rather uninspiring jobs. When the handsome young Haruhiko visits
her one day her life is injected with some much needed drama. Haruhiko
claims to be the boyfriend of her estranged father, Himiko, who
now runs a seaside rest home for elderly gays. Hauhiko makes Saori
a financial offer she would be stupid to refuse and agrees to go
and work at the home.
When Saori arrives at "Maison de Himiko" she is hostile
towards all of the residents, especially her father, who is now
bedridden and dying of cancer. He abandoned Saori and her mother
years ago, changing his name and effectively disappearing. Can Himiko
earn his daughter's love and regain her trust? Or will Saori use
her father's weakened condition to exact her revenge on him for
leaving them to fend for themselves?
Starring an assuredly competent Ko Shibasaki as Saori, Joe Odagiri
as the eternally patient Haruhiko and Min Tanaka as Himiko, Maison
de Himiko is a touching, bittersweet tale of acceptance, forgiveness
and reconciliation. |