Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe (1995)
Original title: 平成無責任一家 東京デラックス
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe is a 1995 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Yōichi Sai, with a running time of 1h 49m. It stars Goro Kishitani, Moeko Ezawa and Kazuya Takahashi.
The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
Cast
- Goro Kishitani as Minoru Ameya
- Moeko Ezawa as Matsu Ameya
- Kazuya Takahashi as Susumu Ameya
- Ittoku Kishibe as Kimio Hatsukaichi, Matsu's lover
- Yoshiki Arizono as Detective
- Yukijiro Hotaru as Kyozo
- Toshiyuki Kitami as KItami
- Jun Kunimura as Yoichi, Takashi's uncle
- Akaji Maro as Kanji, Nobuko's father
- Ruby Moreno as Ruby at 'Watermelon'
- Senri Sakurai as Asai
- Sansei Shiomi as Moichi, Matsu's nephew
