The Family Game

A tense, darkly comic psychological drama that keeps you guessing as an eccentric tutor manipulates a dysfunctional family.

Created by

Honma Yohei

Genres

Drama, Family, Mystery

Starring

Sho Sakurai, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shioli Kutsuna

Overview

Yoshimoto Koya becomes a tutor to a student, Numata Shigeyuki, an underachiever on the verge of dropping out of middle school. Expecting immediate results, Shigeyuki’s father makes a deal with Koya that if he could make Shigeyuki return to school within a week, he would receive a 100,000 yen bonus. Koya accepts the offer, replying that he would only need 5 days to complete the mission but demands that no one should interfere with his methodology in doing so.

How it feels

Dark, tense, satirical and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, education, identity, power

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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