The Family Game (1983)
Original title: 家族ゲーム
The Family Game is a 1983 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Yoshimitsu Morita, with a running time of 1h 47m. It stars Yūsaku Matsuda, Jūzō Itami and Yuki Saori.
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.
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Cast
- Yūsaku Matsuda as Yoshimoto
- Jūzō Itami as Mr. Numata
- Yuki Saori as Mrs. Numata
- Ichirôta Miyakawa as Shigeyuki
- Junichi Tsujita as Shinichi
- Jun Togawa as Neighbour's Wife
- Yoko Aki as Yoshimoto's Lover
- Kôichirô Doi as Tsuchiya
- Yoneko Matsukane as Shigeyuki's English Teacher
- Katsunobu Ito as Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher
- Yoshihiro Katō as Shigeyuki's Gymnastic Teacher
- Kazuko Shirakawa as Mieko's Mother