The Family Game

Overview

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.

Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda

Yoshimoto

Jūzō Itami

Mr. Numata

Yuki Saori

Mrs. Numata

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Shigeyuki

Junichi Tsujita

Shinichi

Jun Togawa

Neighbour's Wife

Yoko Aki

Yoshimoto's Lover

Kôichirô Doi

Tsuchiya

Yoneko Matsukane

Shigeyuki's English Teacher

Katsunobu Ito

Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher