The Family Game

Yoshimitsu Morita
1983-05-04


6.846
107 min

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

Name Character Team
Yūsaku Matsuda Sho Yoshimoto Unowned
Jūzō Itami Kosuke Numata Unowned
Saori Yuki Chikako Numata Unowned
Ichirôta Miyakawa Shigeyuki Numata Unowned
Junichi Tsujita Shinichi Numata Unowned
Yoneko Matsukane Shigeyuki's English Teacher Unowned
Kaori Okamoto Mieko's Older Sister Unowned
Jun Togawa Neighbor's Wife Unowned
Kazuko Shirakawa Mieko's Mother Unowned
Shinobu Tsuruta Shinichi's English and Homeroom Teacher Unowned
Shiro Sasaki Mieko's Father Unowned
Katsunobu Ito Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher Unowned
Yoshihiro Kato Shigeyuki's Homeroom Teacher Unowned
Koichiro Doi Yutaka Tsuchiya Unowned
Takuya Uemura Jun Mitsui Unowned
Asako Maekawa Yuriko Tagami Unowned
Tomomi Watanabe Masami Kimura Unowned
Mayuko Matsuno Akemi Hamamoto Unowned
Izumi Nakamori Yasuko Kikuchi Unowned
Mayumi Sato Mieko Yamashita Unowned
Takahiro Ogawa Tomoyuki Shibata Unowned
Kentarō Shimizu Young Teacher Unowned
Yoko Aki Yoshimoto's Girlfriend Unowned
Shusuke Kaneko Bookstore Clerk (uncredited) Unowned