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The Family Game

The Family Game

★ 6.8/10•1983•1h 47m•Comedy•Drama

A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The tutor proceeds to blow the entire family apart.

Yoshimitsu Morita · Director

Yoshimitsu Morita · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 47m
LanguageJA
Release DateMay 4, 1983

Actors

Yūsaku Matsuda

Yūsaku Matsuda

Sho Yoshimoto

Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

Kosuke Numata

Saori Yuki

Saori Yuki

Chikako Numata

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Shigeyuki Numata

Junichi Tsujita

Shinichi Numata

Yoneko Matsukane

Yoneko Matsukane

Shigeyuki's English Teacher

Kaori Okamoto

Kaori Okamoto

Mieko's Older Sister

Jun Togawa

Jun Togawa

Neighbor's Wife

Kazuko Shirakawa

Kazuko Shirakawa

Mieko's Mother

Shinobu Tsuruta

Shinobu Tsuruta

Shinichi's English and Homeroom Teacher

Shiro Sasaki

Shiro Sasaki

Mieko's Father

Katsunobu Ito

Katsunobu Ito

Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher

Yoshihiro Kato

Yoshihiro Kato

Shigeyuki's Homeroom Teacher

Koichiro Doi

Yutaka Tsuchiya

Takuya Uemura

Jun Mitsui

Asako Maekawa

Asako Maekawa

Yuriko Tagami

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