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, played by the prototypical bad boy actor Matsuda Yusaku, proceeds to blow the entire family apart.

Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda

as Yoshimoto

Jūzō Itami

as Mr. Numata

Yuki Saori

as Mrs. Numata

Ichirôta Miyakawa

as Shigeyuki

Junichi Tsujita

as Shinichi

Jun Togawa

as Neighbour's Wife

Yoko Aki

as Yoshimoto's Lover

Kôichirô Doi

as Tsuchiya

Yoneko Matsukane

as Shigeyuki's English Teacher

Katsunobu Ito

as Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher

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