The Family Game

The Family Game

1983
1h 47m
6.8

6.8/10

31 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama
Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Art Theatre Guild Nikkatsu Studio New Century Producers
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

tutor japanese family brothers shōwa era (1926-89)

Quick Facts

Original Title 家族ゲーム
Release Date May 4, 1983
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0087545

Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda
Yūsaku Matsuda

Sho Yoshimoto

Jūzō Itami
Jūzō Itami

Kosuke Numata

Saori Yuki
Saori Yuki

Chikako Numata

Ichirôta Miyakawa
Ichirôta Miyakawa

Shigeyuki Numata

Junichi Tsujita
Junichi Tsujita

Shinichi Numata

Yoneko Matsukane
Yoneko Matsukane

Shigeyuki's English Teacher

Kaori Okamoto
Kaori Okamoto

Mieko's Older Sister

Jun Togawa
Jun Togawa

Neighbor's Wife

Kazuko Shirakawa
Kazuko Shirakawa

Mieko's Mother

Shinobu Tsuruta
Shinobu Tsuruta

Shinichi's English and Homeroom Teacher

Shiro Sasaki
Shiro Sasaki

Mieko's Father

Katsunobu Ito
Katsunobu Ito

Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher

Key Crew

Yoshimitsu Morita
Director
Yoshimitsu Morita
Screenplay
Shiro Sasaki
Producer
Shiro Sasaki
Producer
Yutaka Okada
Producer