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The Family

1974 · 211 min

A long, patient plunge into corporate scheming and family fractures, rewarding close attention with quiet, mounting pressure.

Directed by
Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres
Drama
Starring
Shin Saburi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yumeji Tsukioka
Overview
Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.

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Directed by
Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres
Drama
Starring
Shin Saburi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yumeji Tsukioka
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • family
  • corruption
  • ambition
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Satsuo Yamamoto
Written by
Nobuo Yamada
Starring
Shin Saburi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yumeji Tsukioka, Yūki Meguro, Yōko Yamamoto, Wakako Sakai, Jirō Tamiya, Kyōko Kagawa
Music
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Cinematography
Kōzō Okazaki
Runtime
211 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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