The Family Game

1983 [JAPANESE]

Action / Comedy / Drama

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 76% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 1270 1.3K

tutor japanese family brothers showa shōwa era (1926-89) showa era

Plot summary

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.

Director

Yoshimitsu Morita Photo
Yoshimitsu Morita

Top cast

Kazuko Shirakawa Photo
Kazuko Shirakawa as Mieko's mother
Ichirôta Miyakawa Photo
Ichirôta Miyakawa as Shigeyuki, the younger brother
Yoneko Matsukane Photo
Yoneko Matsukane as Shigeyuki's English teacher
Yoshihiro Katô Photo
Yoshihiro Katô as Shigeyuki's gymnastic teacher
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
974.94 MB
960*720
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
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1.77 GB
1440*1080
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by planktonrules 6 / 10

It's got several wonderful moments...and a lot of flat ones....

Reviewed by ginkoale 8 / 10

An Art Theatre's Guild Classic

In a somewhat indirect way, this film comes across to me as a precursor to Miike's "Visitor Q". At its core "Kazoku Gamu" is the story of an outsider who frequently visits a family and greatly influences (and disrupts!) the household. While it is nowhere near as gross as "Visitor Q", there are disturbing undertones (such as child molestation) hidden beneath the film's pleasant surface.Even with all comparisons put aside, "Kazoku Gamu" remains a really entertaining film on its own. There are many moments where characters burst out with erratic behavior, as well as really funny dialog. All the acting is very well executed too.A classic of its time.
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