The Family Game
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, played by the prototypical bad boy actor Matsuda Yusaku, proceeds to blow the entire family apart.
Videos
Cast and Crew
Yūsaku Matsuda
Yoshimoto
Jūzō Itami
Mr. Numata
Yuki Saori
Mrs. Numata
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Shigeyuki
Junichi Tsujita
Shinichi
Jun Togawa
Neighbour's Wife
Yoko Aki
Yoshimoto's Lover
Kôichirô Doi
Tsuchiya
Yoneko Matsukane
Shigeyuki's English Teacher
Katsunobu Ito
Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher
Yoshimitsu Morita
Director
Yoshimitsu Morita
Screenplay
Yonezō Maeda
Cinematography
Yohei Honma
Novel
Shusuke Kaneko
Assistant Director
The Family Game
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, played by the prototypical bad boy actor Matsuda Yusaku, proceeds to blow the entire family apart.
Orignal Title
家族ゲーム
Orignal Language
ja
Duration
107 minutes
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Status
Released
Release Data
1983-05-04
Production Companies
Art Theatre Guild, Nikkatsu Studio, New Century Producers
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