Shower

Diane Hendrick Movie Review
Shower
A father and son, Erming own a shower (bath house) in Japan where local men gather to bath, congregate, socialize and gamble. Erming has a mental disability. He sends his older brother a drawing of the father lying on a bed with Erming sitting on the edge of the bed. The older brother misinterprets the picture to say the father is dead and comes to the families rescue only to find they are doing okay. The older brother ventures into the city to buy his ticket home and Erming goes with him but he is not watching him and Erming gets lost, but finds his way home on his own. The father is angry with the older son because of previous hurts and disappointments as well as loosing Erming. The father becomes ill and the older son misses his return home. The father says: “The houses are like old people, no matter how you try to fix them up, they are still old.” The father dies and the older brother leaves his life to stay at the shower and care for his brother. Community problems are solved at the shower. Everyone respected the father. Everyone respects the water. It is the common bond for the people of the community. As the brothers come to terms with the loss of their father and the loss of the shower, succumbed to re-modernization of the community, the older brother vows to be together forever. It is a touching tale of family and community. I enjoyed it.
Recommended for adults for language and nudity