The Family Game
1983•1h 47m•6.8•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Yoshimitsu Morita
Writer
Yoshimitsu Morita
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Art Theatre Guild
Cast
Yūsaku Matsuda
Sho Yoshimoto
Jūzō Itami
Kosuke Numata
Saori Yuki
Chikako Numata
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Shigeyuki Numata
Junichi Tsujita
Shinichi 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
Koichiro Doi
Yutaka Tsuchiya
Takuya Uemura
Jun Mitsui
Production
Company
Art Theatre Guild
Company
Nikkatsu Studio
Company
New Century Producers
Producer
Shiro Sasaki
Producer
Shiro Sasaki
Producer
Yutaka Okada
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