Found this movie DVD really really cheap (around USD$2) during stock clearance sale and I’m so glad that I decided to buy it. Kou Shibasaki and Joe Odagiri are gorgeous young talented actors, however it’s the elderly characters who captured my heart in this sad and sweet movie. If I were to have gay or transvestite grandparents or parents, I believe I would accept, forgive and love him/her with an open heart and open mind.Plot: Saori has always disliked her gay father and has lived her life denying his existence. One rainy day she receives a visit at work from a young man called Haruhiko. He tells her that her father is dying of cancer and that the nursing home he operates is in danger of closing. Out of curiosity and debt, Saori goes to visit her father at the House of Himiko, a nursing home for gay old men. It is a sad place but filled with sardonic good cheer. Surprised but pleased, Haruhiko shows her around. The old men who live there are delighted. Saori is at first repelled by the relationship between Haruhiko and Himiko but she soon sees that their feelings are genuine. She begins taking an interest in keeping the nursing home alive…Trailer: Posted in j-movie, japanese Tagged: Joe Odagiri, Kou Shibasaki, Maison de Himiko, ratings love it