The Family Game (1983)
19831h 47mComedyDrama
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.
Cast
Yūsaku MatsudaSho Yoshimoto
Jūzō ItamiKosuke Numata
Saori YukiChikako Numata
Ichirôta MiyakawaShigeyuki Numata- JJunichi TsujitaShinichi Numata
Yoneko MatsukaneShigeyuki's English Teacher
Kaori OkamotoMieko's Older Sister
Jun TogawaNeighbor's Wife
Kazuko ShirakawaMieko's Mother
Shinobu TsurutaShinichi's English and Homeroom Teacher
Shiro SasakiMieko's Father
Katsunobu ItoShigeyuki's Japanese Teacher
Yoshihiro KatoShigeyuki's Homeroom Teacher- KKoichiro DoiYutaka Tsuchiya
- TTakuya UemuraJun Mitsui
Asako MaekawaYuriko Tagami- TTomomi WatanabeMasami Kimura
- MMayuko MatsunoAkemi Hamamoto
Crew
- Director
- Yoshimitsu Morita
- Writers
- Yoshimitsu Morita
- Producers
- Shiro SasakiShiro SasakiYutaka Okada
- Cinematography
- Yonezō Maeda
- Editing
- Akimasa Kawashima
Details
- Released
- May 4, 1983
- Language
- Japanese
- Studio
- Art Theatre Guild, Nikkatsu Studio, New Century Producers
- IMDb
- tt0087545