The Yen Family (1988)
Original title: 木村家の人びと
The Yen Family is a 1988 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Yojiro Takita, with a running time of 1h 53m. It stars Takeshi Kaga, Kaori Momoi and Hiromi Iwasaki.
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
Cast
- Takeshi Kaga as Hajime Kimura
- Kaori Momoi as Noriko Kimura
- Hiromi Iwasaki as Terumi Kimura
- Mitsunori Isaki as Taro Kimura
- Akira Emoto as Shinichi Amemiya
- Midori Kiuchi as Sayuri Amemiya
- Akiko Kazami as Mitsu Amemiya
- Hiroyuki Konishi as Masashi Takakura, neighbor
- Michiko Shimizu as Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
- Shin Nakano as Ken Takakura
- Yoshi Katō as Tokijiro
- Jun Tatara as Umekichi