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Overview

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7.0/10   281 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Sogo Ishii (screenplay) &
Norio Kaminami (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 February 1986 (USA) more
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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
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Outrageous, in a good way. more (6 total)

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
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Fun Stuff

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. more

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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Outrageous, in a good way., 1 January 2000
10/10
Author: Ross-c from Leicester, England

I first saw this movie before I had ever set foot in Japan, and found it freaky and outrageous. A tour de force of punk values in celluloid. I assumed that much of this impression was due to my unfamiliarity with Japan. Now, after living in Japan from 1987 until 1991, it's still just as outrageous. One of the rare movies that combines freak out visual images with a serious concept. Ishii takes the 'typical' Japanese family by each stereotype in turn, and stretches each to cartoon extremes. Lock all these characters in a house with all the windows and doors nailed shut, and let the climax to this movie slowly build. Recommended for viewers who are decidedly not faint hearted.

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