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The Family Game

1983 · 107 min

A wry, unsettling comedy that quietly exposes the hollow roles people play, leaving a lingering melancholy.

Directed by
Yoshimitsu Morita
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Yūsaku Matsuda, Jūzō Itami, Saori Yuki
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Yoshimitsu Morita
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Yūsaku Matsuda, Jūzō Itami, Saori Yuki
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • class
  • isolation
  • education
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Yoshimitsu Morita
Written by
Yoshimitsu Morita
Starring
Yūsaku Matsuda, Jūzō Itami, Saori Yuki, Ichirôta Miyakawa, Junichi Tsujita, Yoneko Matsukane, Kaori Okamoto, Jun Togawa
Cinematography
Yonezō Maeda
Runtime
107 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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