2 Movies Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita

The Family Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-04-01

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (507 Reviews)

Director:

Yoshimitsu Morita

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Cast:

Yèsaku Matsuda Jèzè Itami Saori Yuki Ichirèta Miyakawa

Writer:

Yèhei Honma (based on the novel by)

Yoshimitsu Morita (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A sendup of the stereo-typical 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 (Matsuda's role is modeled on the myth of Susano-o no mikoto, the renegade deity who figures in the Kojiki).