The Family Game (1983)
1983 · 1h 47m · Comedy, Drama
Genres: 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.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Writers: Yohei Honma, Yoshimitsu Morita
Cinematography: Yonezō Maeda
Editor: Akimasa Kawashima
Cast
Yūsaku Matsuda as Sho YoshimotoJūzō Itami as Kosuke NumataSaori Yuki as Chikako NumataIchirôta Miyakawa as Shigeyuki NumataJunichi Tsujita as Shinichi NumataYoneko Matsukane as Shigeyuki's English TeacherKaori Okamoto as Mieko's Older SisterJun Togawa as Neighbor's WifeKazuko Shirakawa as Mieko's MotherShinobu Tsuruta as Shinichi's English and Homeroom TeacherShiro Sasaki as Mieko's FatherKatsunobu Ito as Shigeyuki's Japanese TeacherMore like this
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