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The Family Game

1983 · 1h 47m Comedy, Drama
Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita

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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.

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The Family Game is not always easy to follow, but it's almost always funny and, from the opening shots until the last, it's a visual adventure.

Vincent Canby, New York Times

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