The Family Game (1983)

Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita1h 47mComedy,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.

Year
1983
Country
JP
Language
Japanese
Release date
4 May 1983
TMDB
6.9 (29)
CineVerse
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Yūsaku Matsuda
Yūsaku Matsuda
Sho Yoshimoto
Jūzō Itami
Jūzō Itami
Kosuke Numata
Saori Yuki
Saori Yuki
Chikako Numata
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Shigeyuki Numata
J
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
K
Koichiro Doi
Yutaka Tsuchiya
T
Takuya Uemura
Jun Mitsui
Asako Maekawa
Asako Maekawa
Yuriko Tagami
T
Tomomi Watanabe
Masami Kimura
M
Mayuko Matsuno
Akemi Hamamoto
I
Izumi Nakamori
Yasuko Kikuchi
Mayumi Sato
Mayumi Sato
Mieko Yamashita
T
Takahiro Ogawa
Tomoyuki Shibata
Kentarō Shimizu
Kentarō Shimizu
Young Teacher
Yoko Aki
Yoko Aki
Yoshimoto's Girlfriend
Shusuke Kaneko
Shusuke Kaneko
Bookstore Clerk (uncredited)

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