The Yen Family

The Yen Family

113 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | May 14, 1988

Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.

The Yen Family

113 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | May 14, 1988

The Yen Family
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Fuji Television Network
Original title 木村家の人びと
Directors Sadaaki Haginiwa, Yojiro Takita
Writers Toshihiko Tani, Nobuyuki Isshiki

Cast

Takeshi Kaga

as Hajime Kimura

Kaori Momoi

as Noriko Kimura

Hiromi Iwasaki

as Terumi Kimura

Mitsunori Isaki

as Taro Kimura

Akira Emoto

as Shinichi Amemiya

Midori Kiuchi

as Sayuri Amemiya

Akiko Kazami

as Mitsu Amemiya

Hiroyuki Konishi

as Masashi Takakura, neighbor

Michiko Shimizu

as Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife

Shin Nakano

as Ken Takakura

Yoshi Katō

as Tokijiro

Jun Tatara

as Umekichi

Kōen Okumura

as Takeyoshi

Michio Kida

as Matsuyoshi

Imari Tsuji

as Takae

Kazuko Imai

as Nasue

Mari Torigoe

as Ashiro

Toshiya Sakai

as Hirono

Yutaka Ikejima

as Assistant manager

Koichi Ueda

as Manager

Takashi Tsumura

as Principal

Yoko Emori

as Professor Kamikawachi

Naoto Takenaka

as Hidden wasteman

Yukijiro Hotaru

as Dance teacher

Lupin Suzuki

as Newspaper owner

Koji Yamaguchi

as Poor student

Kazuyo Ezaki

as Indecent Housewife

Yukiko Tachibana

as Silent Housewife

Mikiko Miki

as OL

Kenji Kobayashi

as Soba Restaurant A

Kiichi Nosaka

as Soba restaurant B

Bengal

as Middle-aged man