The Family Game

1983 [JAPANESE]

Action / Comedy / Drama

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 1227 1.2K

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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.

Top cast

Yûsaku Matsuda as Yoshimoto, the tutor
Shûsuke Kaneko as Bookstore guy
Jûzô Itami as Mr. Numata, the father
Yoneko Matsukane as Shigeyuki's English teacher
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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
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by planktonrules 6 / 10

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

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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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