The Yen Family

Directed by Yojiro Takita
1988    1h 53m
Comedy, Drama, Family
6.6
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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.
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Cast of The Yen Family
  • Takeshi KagaHajime Kimura
  • Kaori MomoiNoriko Kimura
  • Hiromi IwasakiTerumi Kimura
  • Mitsunori IsakiTaro Kimura
  • Akira EmotoShinichi Amemiya
  • Midori KiuchiSayuri Amemiya
  • Akiko KazamiMitsu Amemiya
  • Hiroyuki KonishiMasashi Takakura, neighbor
  • Michiko ShimizuSayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
  • Shin NakanoKen Takakura
  • Yoshi KatōTokijiro
  • Jun TataraUmekichi
  • Kōen OkumuraTakeyoshi
  • Michio KidaMatsuyoshi
  • Chigusa TsuyuharaFujie
  • Imari TsujiTakae
  • Kazuko ImaiNasue
  • Mari TorigoeAshiro
  • Toshiya SakaiHirono
  • Yutaka IkejimaAssistant manager
  • Baiken Jukkanji
  • Koichi UedaManager
  • Takashi TsumuraPrincipal
  • Jun Takada
  • Yasuo Uematsu
  • Junko Idonuma
  • Yoshimi Nakajima
  • Toyofumi Nishimura
  • Misuzu Higashiyama
  • Kei Takyo
  • Yoko EmoriProfessor Kamikawachi
  • Naoto TakenakaHidden wasteman
  • Yukijiro HotaruDance teacher
  • Lupin SuzukiNewspaper owner
  • Koji YamaguchiPoor student
  • Kazuyo EzakiIndecent Housewife
  • Yukiko TachibanaSilent Housewife
  • Mikiko MikiOL
  • Kenji KobayashiSoba Restaurant A
  • Kiichi NosakaSoba restaurant B
  • Tokuhisa Yamashita
  • Tatsumi Nikamoto
  • BengalMiddle-aged man

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