While the Right Hand Is Sleeping

Overview

Shin, a painter, gets a fatal disease and cannot stop the shaking of his right hand. His wife Kei is a counselor, but lives without emotions. Their child, Kou reads people's minds but for that reason he lives with his own mind closed. As Shin starts losing his body functions, the family breaks down. One day, 'Sora', a gay caretaker comes into the house, so the relations of the family change, but in due course numerous tragic events occur.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 28, 2003

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Kenji Hirai,Rintaro Futami

Director

Koji Shirakawa

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2002739