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Kazoku gêmu

  • 19831983
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Kazoku gêmu (1983)
ComedyDrama
Japanese parents hire a tutor for their foolish son and get a critic of their lifestyle.Japanese parents hire a tutor for their foolish son and get a critic of their lifestyle.Japanese parents hire a tutor for their foolish son and get a critic of their lifestyle.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
974
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
63,711
1,816
  • Director
    • Yoshimitsu Morita
  • Writers
    • Yôhei Honma(based on the novel by)
    • Yoshimitsu Morita(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Yûsaku Matsuda
    • Jûzô Itami
    • Saori Yuki
Top credits
  • Director
    • Yoshimitsu Morita
  • Writers
    • Yôhei Honma(based on the novel by)
    • Yoshimitsu Morita(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Yûsaku Matsuda
    • Jûzô Itami
    • Saori Yuki
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 8User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 7 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Yûsaku Matsuda
    Yûsaku Matsuda
    • Yoshimoto, the tutor
    Jûzô Itami
    Jûzô Itami
    • Mr. Numata, the father
    Saori Yuki
    • Mrs. Numata, the mother
    Ichirôta Miyakawa
    Ichirôta Miyakawa
    • Shigeyuki, the younger brother
    Junichi Tsujita
    • Shinichi, the older brother
    Yôko Aki
    • Yoshimoto's Lover
    Kôichirô Doi
    • Tsuchiya
    Katsunobu Ito
    • Shigeyuki's Japanese teacher
    Shûsuke Kaneko
    • Bookstore guy
    Yoshihiro Katô
    • Shigeyuki's gymnastic teacher
    Asako Kobayashi
    • Yuriko Tagami
    Asako Maekawa
    • Yuriko tagami
    Yoneko Matsukane
    Yoneko Matsukane
    • Shigeyuki's English teacher
    Mayumi Matsuno
    • Michiko hamamoto
    Izumi Nakamori
    • Yasuko kikuchi
    Kaori Okamoto
    • Mieko's sister
    Shiro Sasaki
    • Mieko's father
    Mayumi Satô
    • Mieko yamashita
    • Director
      • Yoshimitsu Morita
    • Writers
      • Yôhei Honma(based on the novel by)
      • Yoshimitsu Morita(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Goofs
      Towards the beginning of the movie when the father talks to the tutor in the car and the tutor decides to turn on the radio, the radio language is Korean. The radio comes out in Korean and is reporting what President Chun Doo Hwan (the President of South Korea at that time) was doing. This is intentional, playing into the fact that this is a post-modernist film and that there are continual reminders that the viewer is in an altered reality.
    • Quotes

      Mrs. Numata, the mother: My son is not dumb because, as a little boy, he memorized an entire book about roller-coasters.

      Yoshimoto, the tutor: Perhaps then he can work in an amusement park.

    • Connections
      Featured in Century of Cinema: Elokuvan vuosisata: Japanin elokuva (1995)

    User reviews8

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    7/10
    full of ideas, and very dreamlike... slapping you out of nowhere now and then.
    It was fun to watch the creativity put in this movie, and the tensions between the characters build up. The tutor, as imprevisible as the weather, is a major source of fun--especially in the typically anally retentive Japanese family context. I really liked how they craftily managed to plant a pretty obscene line in an argument over breakfast--it's a pun, so ask your neighborhood translator to watch the argument scene with you. The provision of laughter is disconcertingly random, so you either like it or not. I gave this a seven.
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    • whatdoes1know
    • Dec 6, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 4, 1983 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • The Family Game
    • Filming locations
      • Japan
    • Production companies
      • Art Theatre Guild (ATG)
      • New Century
      • Nikkatsu
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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