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A Family
A Family

A Family

I didn't have a father or a mother, but I had a family.

Genres

CrimeDrama

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Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$2168905

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

136 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

29 January 2021

Country

Japan

Cast

Go Ayano

Go Ayano

Kenji Yamamoto

Hiroshi Tachi

Hiroshi Tachi

Hiroshi Shibasaki

Machiko Ono

Machiko Ono

Yuka Kudo

Yukiya Kitamura

Yukiya Kitamura

Tsutomu Nakamura

Hayato Ichihara

Hayato Ichihara

Ryuta Hosono

Hayato Isomura

Hayato Isomura

Tsubasa Kimura

Shinobu Terajima

Shinobu Terajima

Aiko Kimura

Ryutaro Ninomiya

Ryutaro Ninomiya

Kohei Ohara

Taro Suruga

Taro Suruga

Reiji Kawayama

Ryo Iwamatsu

Ryo Iwamatsu

Kazuhiko Osako

Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata

Makoto Takeda

Suon Kan

Suon Kan

Tetsuya Toyoshima

Kosuke Toyohara

Kosuke Toyohara

Masatoshi Kato

Rina Komiyama

Rina Komiyama

Aya Kudo

Goki Maeda

Goki Maeda

Person Eating Together with Kenji and Hosono

Akito Fujii

Akito Fujii

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