The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps

Original title: Ningyo no nemuru ie

2018
2h

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The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018)

Separated mother Kaoruko awaits the graduation of their daughter for the divorce proceedings to begin and subsequently be finalized. Tragedy strikes when the daughter will never graduate. Sh... Read allSeparated mother Kaoruko awaits the graduation of their daughter for the divorce proceedings to begin and subsequently be finalized. Tragedy strikes when the daughter will never graduate. She is comatose and brain dead due to an accident.Separated mother Kaoruko awaits the graduation of their daughter for the divorce proceedings to begin and subsequently be finalized. Tragedy strikes when the daughter will never graduate. She is comatose and brain dead due to an accident.

Director
- Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writers
- Keigo Higashino
- Eriko Shinozaki
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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Director
- Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writers
- Keigo Higashino
- Eriko Shinozaki
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
The film was part of the line-up at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Toronto, Canada in 2019.

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6/10

One-Line Review: The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps / Moral Tearjerker / 6 Stars

A tearjerker that asks the right moral question at the end (what to do with a person in a vegetative state?) goes full-blown emotional to convey its message, The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps is overall a mopy drama that is bound to depress you if you are easily moved by human despair and hardships. TN.

(Watched and reviewed at its India premiere at the 3rd Japanese Film Festival of India in Mumbai.)