
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps
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.
- Year: 2018
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Office Crescendo, Shochiku, Fuji Television Network, Kinoshita Group, dentsu, Gentosha, Japan Music Entertainment, GYAO
- Keyword: 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
- Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Cast: Ryoko Shinohara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kurumi Inagaki, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Rina Kawaei, Keiko Matsuzaka





















