Home Sweet Home
2000-10-14 · 114 min · Not rated
"Home Sweet Home" deals with a family who, unable to cope with their aging grandfather's worsening dementia, abandon him at a group home for the elderly. When, racked by guilt, they return to retrieve him, they discover to their surprise. . .
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- Directors
- Tomio Kuriyama
- Production companies
- Shochiku
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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Shigeru Kōyama
Miki Sakai
Nenji Kobayashi
Jun Fubuki
Michino Yokoyama
Mai Kitajima
Masahiro Toda
Takashi Sasano
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