LA MAISON DE HIMIKO
(Mezon do Himiko) by Isshin INUDÔ
LA MAISON DE HIMIKO
Saori is a young woman who is permanently short of cash. One day, handsome Haruhiko offers her a peculiar job: to work as a maid at the retirement home where her estranged father is spending his final days. That he has been openly gay and that this dashing young man of her own age is her father's lover only adds insult to injury. (Midnighteye.com)
Japan 2005, 35mm, 130 Min., OmeU
Director: Isshin INUDÔ
Screenplay: Aya WATANABE
Production: Asmik Ace Entertainment, IMG Entertainment
Cinematographer: Takahiro TUTAI
Music: Haruomi HOSONO
International Distribution: Asmik Ace
Actors: Kou SHIBASAKI, Joe ODAGIRI, Min TANAKA, Hidetoshi NISHIJIMA, Torauemon UTAZAWA
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About the director: Isshin INUDÔ, born 1960 in Tokio, started to shoot films when he was a student. After his studies at the Tokio Zokei Daigaku he began to shoot commercials. His filmlet KIBUN WO KAETE? won the first prize at the Pia Film Festival. His film JOSEE, THE TIGER AND THE FISH was shown at many international film festivals (including the Nippon Connection film festival).
Filmography (Excerpt): 1982 Midnight Drive-In Theater; 1993 Nanimokamo hyakukaimo iwaretakoto; 1995 Futari ga shabetteru; 2000 Across a Gold Prairie (Kinpatsu no Sogen); 2003 Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Josee to tora to sakanatachi / Nippon Connection 2004); 2005 All About My Dog (Inu no eiga); 2005 La Maison de Himiko (Mezon do Himiko) / Touch