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Director:
Sogo Ishii
Writers:
Sogo Ishii (screenplay) &
Norio Kaminami (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 February 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
An interesting black-comedy spoofing western (American) sitcoms! more

Cast

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

Also Known As:
The Crazy Family
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Runtime:
106 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Urawa, Saitama, Japan

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The literal translation of the Japanese title is "Back-Firing Family". "Gyakufunsha" means "thrust reversal", but is also used as a slang term for "crazy" or "screwed up." more

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2 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
An interesting black-comedy spoofing western (American) sitcoms!, 30 May 2002
Author: Poona Kan Ng from Hong Kong

You know that "syrupy" sitcom fad of the 1980's? With stuff like "Full House", "Family Ties" and "Facts of Life"? Didn't they just wanna make ya puke? You always wondered why they were popular in the US, as well as Asia. I gotta a cure for you"

Gyakufunsha kazoku!!! The Back-fire family!!!

Like in many US sitcoms, it starts off with the stereotypical working dad, the stereotypical house-wife mom, the stereotypical teeny-bopper and the stereotypical brain-child student. Everything seems to be fine..... ......Until they move in with their crazy grandpa who still thinks it's World War 2 and plenty of termites and roaches in the house. Oh boy, do things take the twisted root! HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!

Now why can't Sitcoms in West DO THAT? That would be cool!

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