The Yen Family

Name: The Yen Family
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Released: 1988
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 6.222

1988 · 113 min

Comedy · Drama · Family

★ 6.2

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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.

Crew

Director Yojiro Takita
Screenplay Nobuyuki Isshiki
Director of Photography Yōichi Shiga

Cast

Takeshi Kaga
Hajime Kimura
Kaori Momoi
Noriko Kimura
Hiromi Iwasaki
Terumi Kimura
Mitsunori Isaki
Taro Kimura
Akira Emoto
Shinichi Amemiya
Midori Kiuchi
Sayuri Amemiya
Akiko Kazami
Mitsu Amemiya
Hiroyuki Konishi
Masashi Takakura, neighbor
Michiko Shimizu
Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
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Shin Nakano
Ken Takakura
Yoshi Katō
Tokijiro
Jun Tatara
Umekichi

Crew

Director — Yojiro Takita
Screenplay — Nobuyuki Isshiki
Director of Photography — Yōichi Shiga

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🔥 Hot takes

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Intermission

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