Film
The Yen Family
1988 · 1h 53m · Comedy · Drama · Family
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- 6.7
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Overview
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
Cast
Takeshi Kaga
Hajime Kimura
Kaori Momoi
Noriko Kimura
Hiromi Iwasaki
Terumi Kimura
Mitsunori Isaki
Taro Kimura
Akira Emoto
Shinichi Amemiya
Midori Kiuchi
Sayuri Amemiya
Akiko Kazami
Mitsu Amemiya
Hiroyuki Konishi
Masashi Takakura, neighbor
Michiko Shimizu
Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
Shin Nakano
Ken Takakura
Yoshi Katō
Tokijiro
Jun Tatara
Umekichi
Kōen Okumura
Takeyoshi
Michio Kida
Matsuyoshi
Chigusa Tsuyuhara
Fujie
Imari Tsuji
Takae
Crew
- Yojiro TakitaDirector
- Nobuyuki IsshikiScreenplay
- Hideji MiyajimaProducer
- Shin'ya KawaiProducer
- Yōichi ShigaDirector of Photography
- Katsuo OnoOriginal Music Composer
- Isao TomitaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 14, 1988
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
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