The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018)
Original title: 人魚の眠る家
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps is a 2018 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, with a running time of 2h. It stars Ryoko Shinohara, Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kurumi Inagaki.
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.