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Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

Genres

Comedy

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The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

109 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

28 January 1995

Country

Japan

Cast

Goro Kishitani

Goro Kishitani

Minoru Ameya

Moeko Ezawa

Moeko Ezawa

Matsu Ameya

Kazuya Takahashi

Kazuya Takahashi

Susumu Ameya

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Kimio Hatsukaichi, Matsu's lover

Yoshiki Arizono

Yoshiki Arizono

Detective

Yukijiro Hotaru

Yukijiro Hotaru

Kyozo

Toshiyuki Kitami

Toshiyuki Kitami

KItami

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Yoichi, Takashi's uncle

Akaji Maro

Akaji Maro

Kanji, Nobuko's father

Ruby Moreno

Ruby Moreno

Ruby at 'Watermelon'

Senri Sakurai

Senri Sakurai

Asai

Sansei Shiomi

Sansei Shiomi

Moichi, Matsu's nephew

Koichi Ueda

Koichi Ueda

Yoshida

Natsumi Nanase

Natsumi Nanase

Rosa Kogure

Hitomi Ishii

Hitomi Ishii

Nobuko, Takashi's wife

Shigeru Nakano

Shigeru Nakano

Takashi, Ameya, 1st son

Haruko Wanibuchi

Haruko Wanibuchi

Akiko Natsume

Jotaro Watanabe

Jotaro Watanabe

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