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The Family Game
The Family Game

The Family Game

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

04 May 1983

Country

Japan

Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda

Yūsaku Matsuda

Yoshimoto

Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

Mr. Numata

Yuki Saori

Yuki Saori

Mrs. Numata

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Shigeyuki

Junichi Tsujita

Junichi Tsujita

Shinichi

Jun Togawa

Jun Togawa

Neighbour's Wife

Yoko Aki

Yoko Aki

Yoshimoto's Lover

Kôichirô Doi

Kôichirô Doi

Tsuchiya

Yoneko Matsukane

Yoneko Matsukane

Shigeyuki's English Teacher

Katsunobu Ito

Katsunobu Ito

Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher

Yoshihiro Katō

Yoshihiro Katō

Shigeyuki's Gymnastic Teacher

Kazuko Shirakawa

Kazuko Shirakawa

Mieko's Mother

Shusuke Kaneko

Shusuke Kaneko

Bookstore Guy

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