The Yen Family (1988)

6.2/10 • 113 min • Comedy Drama Family

Overview

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.

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

Yoshi Katō

Tokijiro

Jun Tatara

Umekichi

Kōen Okumura

Takeyoshi

Mari Torigoe

Ashiro

Toshiya Sakai

Hirono

Yutaka Ikejima

Assistant manager

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