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Gyakufunsha kazoku (1984)

106 min  -  Comedy | Drama   -  11 February 1986 (USA)
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The Kobayashi family finally get the chance to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment in favour of the suburban house of their dreams... See full summary »

Director:

Gakuryu Ishii

Writers:

Gakuryu Ishii (screenplay), Norio Kaminami (screenplay), and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Katsuya Kobayashi, Mitsuko Baishô and Yoshiki Arizono
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Katsuya Kobayashi Katsuya Kobayashi ...
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Mitsuko Baishô Mitsuko Baishô ...
Saeko Kobayashi
Yoshiki Arizono Yoshiki Arizono ...
Masaki Kobayashi
Youki Kudoh ...
Erika Kobayashi (as Kudou Yuuki)
Hitoshi Ueki Hitoshi Ueki ...
Yasukune Kobayashi
Kazuhiko Kishino Kazuhiko Kishino
Toyoko Koumi Toyoko Koumi
Akira Ogata Akira Ogata
Iwao Hayashizaki Iwao Hayashizaki
Nobuhiro Gomori Nobuhiro Gomori
Yoshinori Inoue Yoshinori Inoue
Hirona Takahashi Hirona Takahashi
Kunihiro Ide Kunihiro Ide
Alex Ablamov Alex Ablamov
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Storyline

The Kobayashi family finally get the chance to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment in favour of the suburban house of their dreams. But all is not well: the house is infested by termites and the family starts cracking up: Son Masaki is studying so obsessively for his exams that he's losing his mind; daughter Erika is oblivious of all but her forthcoming record company audition, grandfather Yasukuni starts getting World War II flashbacks and father Katsuhiko is so worried about his family's "sickness" that he thinks can only be cured by group suicide... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>  

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Suicide | Termite | Striptease | Japan | Improvised Weapon  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

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Also Known As:

The Crazy Family See more »

Filming Locations:

Urawa, Saitama, Japan

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Production Co:

Art Theatre Guild, Directors Company See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color
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Trivia

The grandfather is named Yasukuni and has World War II flashbacks. The Yasukuni Jinja, or Yasukuni Shrine, in Japan, is dedicated to those who died in WWII. See more »