The Family Game (1983)

6.9/10 • 107 min • Comedy Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda

Sho Yoshimoto

Jūzō Itami

Kosuke Numata

Saori Yuki

Chikako Numata

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Shigeyuki Numata

Yoneko Matsukane

Shigeyuki's English Teacher

Kaori Okamoto

Mieko's Older Sister

Jun Togawa

Neighbor's Wife

Kazuko Shirakawa

Mieko's Mother

Shinobu Tsuruta

Shinichi's English and Homeroom Teacher

Shiro Sasaki

Mieko's Father

Katsunobu Ito

Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher

Yoshihiro Kato

Shigeyuki's Homeroom Teacher

Asako Maekawa

Yuriko Tagami

Mayumi Sato

Mieko Yamashita

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