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The Yen Family

59 %|May 14, 1988|Comedy, Drama, Family

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.

Featured Crew

Yojiro Takita
Director
Toshihiko Tani
Original Story
Toshio Kobayashi
Associate Producer
Katsumi Nakazawa
Art Direction
Shin'ya Kawai
Producer
Kazuo Yabe
Lighting Technician
Katsuo Ono
Original Music Composer
Sadaaki Haginiwa
Assistant Director

Cast

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Takeshi Kaga
Hajime Kimura
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Kaori Momoi
Noriko Kimura
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Hiromi Iwasaki
Terumi Kimura
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Mitsunori Isaki
Taro Kimura
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Akira Emoto
Shinichi Amemiya
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Midori Kiuchi
Sayuri Amemiya
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Akiko Kazami
Mitsu Amemiya
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Hiroyuki Konishi
Masashi Takakura, neighbor
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Michiko Shimizu
Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
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Shin Nakano
Ken Takakura
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Yoshi Katō
Tokijiro
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Jun Tatara
Umekichi
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Kōen Okumura
Takeyoshi
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Michio Kida
Matsuyoshi
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Yutaka Ikejima
Assistant manager
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Yoko Emori
Professor Kamikawachi
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Naoto Takenaka
Hidden wasteman
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Yukijiro Hotaru
Dance teacher
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Lupin Suzuki
Newspaper owner
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Koji Yamaguchi
Poor student
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Kazuyo Ezaki
Indecent Housewife
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Yukiko Tachibana
Silent Housewife
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Kenji Kobayashi
Soba Restaurant A
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Kiichi Nosaka
Soba restaurant B
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Bengal
Middle-aged man