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The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps

2018-11-30
6.9
ja 120m
Drama
Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once their daughter, Mizuho, enters elementary school. One day, they receive devastating news of their daughter falling into a coma after a near-drowning accident at a pool. The doctors declare her brain dead with no prospect of recovery and the couple must decide if they should donate her organs to others in need or to wait until her heart stops beating.

Theme Song Performance

Ayaka

Screenplay

Eriko Shinozaki

Novel

Keigo Higashino

Director

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Editor

Chieko Suzaki

Director of Photography

Daisuke Soma

based on novel or book dysfunctional marriage guilt family conflict marital separation organ donation science vs religion moral dilemma accident death train family crisis mother daughter relationship medical ethics brain stimulation the real story human mystery life support

Status

Released

Countries

  • Japan

Companies

  • Office Crescendo
  • Shochiku
  • Fuji Television Network
  • Kinoshita Group

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