The Family Game
Genres
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, played by the prototypical bad boy actor Matsuda Yusaku, proceeds to blow the entire family apart.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
107 min
Release Date
1983-05-04
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
24
Vote Average
6.8
Yūsaku Matsuda
Yoshimoto
Jūzō Itami
Mr. Numata
Yuki Saori
Mrs. Numata
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Shigeyuki
Junichi Tsujita
Shinichi
Jun Togawa
Neighbour's Wife
Yoko Aki
Yoshimoto's Lover
Kôichirô Doi
Tsuchiya
Yoneko Matsukane
Shigeyuki's English Teacher
Katsunobu Ito
Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher
Yoshihiro Katō
Shigeyuki's Gymnastic Teacher
Kazuko Shirakawa
Mieko's Mother
Shusuke Kaneko
Bookstore Guy
4.8
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6.7
Second to None
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2016-07-19 | xx
7.6
Where Spring Comes Late
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7.0
Rash
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2024-07-17 | en
7.9
The Miracle Worker
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5.2
Young Bodies Heal Quickly
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2014-04-19 | en
0.0
Neon Rage
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| en
6.8
Private Lesson
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6.9
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
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6.3
Odd Obsession
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0.0
Make-Believers
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2024-04-13 | ja
6.9
Fighting Elegy
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1966-11-09 | ja
6.5
Joy Ride
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
2001-10-05 | en
6.6
The Fabulous Baker Boys
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
1989-10-13 | en
7.4
Through My Window
Raquel's longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family's objections.
2022-02-04 | es
7.2
Kabei: Our Mother
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
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4.8
Gunmen
A New York DEA agent springs an outlaw from jail to lead him to stolen money in South America.
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5.6
Trapped in Paradise
Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
1994-12-02 | en
6.0
Undertow
The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
2004-10-22 | en
7.0
My Neighbors the Yamadas
The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.
1999-07-17 | ja