The Yen Family (1988)
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
Director:
Yojiro Takita
Writer:
Nobuyuki Isshiki
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Takeshi Kaga as Hajime Kimura |
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Kaori Momoi as Noriko Kimura |
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Hiromi Iwasaki as Terumi Kimura |
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Mitsunori Isaki as Taro Kimura |
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Akira Emoto as Shinichi Amemiya |
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Midori Kiuchi as Sayuri Amemiya |
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Akiko Kazami as Mitsu Amemiya |
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Hiroyuki Konishi as Masashi Takakura, neighbor |
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Michiko Shimizu as Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife |
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Shin Nakano as Ken Takakura |
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Yoshi Katō as Tokijiro |
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Jun Tatara as Umekichi |
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Kōen Okumura as Takeyoshi |
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Michio Kida as Matsuyoshi |
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Chigusa Tsuyuhara as Fujie |
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Imari Tsuji as Takae |
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Kazuko Imai as Nasue |
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Mari Torigoe as Ashiro |
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Toshiya Sakai as Hirono |
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Yutaka Ikejima as Assistant manager |
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Baiken Jukkanji as |
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Koichi Ueda as Manager |
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Takashi Tsumura as Principal |
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Jun Takada as |
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Yasuo Uematsu as |
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Junko Idonuma as |
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Yoshimi Nakajima as |
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Toyofumi Nishimura as |
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Misuzu Higashiyama as |
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Kei Takyo as |
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Yoko Emori as Professor Kamikawachi |
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Naoto Takenaka as Hidden wasteman |
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Yukijiro Hotaru as Dance teacher |
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Lupin Suzuki as Newspaper owner |
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Koji Yamaguchi as Poor student |
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Kazuyo Ezaki as Indecent Housewife |
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Yukiko Tachibana as Silent Housewife |
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Mikiko Miki as OL |
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Kenji Kobayashi as Soba Restaurant A |
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Kiichi Nosaka as Soba restaurant B |
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Tokuhisa Yamashita as |
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Tatsumi Nikamoto as |
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Bengal as Middle-aged man |
| Directing | Yojiro Takita | Director |
| Writing | Nobuyuki Isshiki | Screenplay |
| Editing | Isao Tomita | Editor |
| Production | Hideji Miyajima | Producer |
| Sound | Katsuo Ono | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Toshihiko Tani | Original Story |
| Production | Toshio Kobayashi | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Sadaaki Haginiwa | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Yōichi Shiga | Director of Photography |
| Production | Shin'ya Kawai | Producer |
| Lighting | Kazuo Yabe | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Noriko Murao | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Hisayuki Miyamoto | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Katsumi Nakazawa | Art Direction |