La Maison de Himiko (2005)
Original title: メゾン・ド・ヒミコ
La Maison de Himiko is a 2005 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Isshin Inudo, with a running time of 2h 10m. It stars Ko Shibasaki, Joe Odagiri and Min Tanaka.
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.