The Family Game

The Family Game

107 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 4, 1983

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.

The Family Game

107 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 4, 1983

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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Art Theatre Guild, New Century Producers, Nikkatsu Studio
Original title 家族ゲーム
Directors Yoshimitsu Morita, Shusuke Kaneko
Writers Yohei Honma, Yoshimitsu Morita

Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda

as Yoshimoto

Juzo Itami

as Mr. Numata

Yuki Saori

as Mrs. Numata

宮川一朗太

as Shigeyuki

Junichi Tsujita

as Shinichi

Jun Togawa

as Neighbour's Wife

Yôko Aki

as Yoshimoto's Lover

Kôichirô Doi

as Tsuchiya

Yoneko Matsukane

as Shigeyuki's English Teacher

Katsunobu Ito

as Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher

Yoshihiro Katô

as Shigeyuki's Gymnastic Teacher

Kazuko Shirakawa

as Mieko's Mother

Shusuke Kaneko

as Bookstore Guy