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 proceeds to blow the entire family apart.

Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda

as Sho Yoshimoto

Jūzō Itami

as Kosuke Numata

Saori Yuki

as Chikako Numata

Ichirôta Miyakawa

as Shigeyuki Numata

Junichi Tsujita

as Shinichi Numata

Yoneko Matsukane

as Shigeyuki's English Teacher

Kaori Okamoto

as Mieko's Older Sister

Jun Togawa

as Neighbor's Wife

Kazuko Shirakawa

as Mieko's Mother

Shinobu Tsuruta

as Shinichi's English and Homeroom Teacher

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