14 May 1988 Drama, Comedy, Family 113 mins
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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Takeshi Kaga as Hajime Kimura
Kaori Momoi as Noriko Kimura
Hiromi Iwasaki as Terumi Kimura
Mitsunori Isaki as Taro Kimura
Akira Emoto as Shinichi Amemiya
Midori Kiuchi as Sayuri Amemiya
Akiko Kazami as Mitsu Amemiya
Hiroyuki Konishi as Masashi Takakura, neighbor
Michiko Shimizu as Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
Shin Nakano as Ken Takakura
Yoshi Katō as Tokijiro
Jun Tatara as Umekichi
Kōen Okumura as Takeyoshi
Michio Kida as Matsuyoshi
Chigusa Tsuyuhara as Fujie
Imari Tsuji as Takae
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
Hisayuki Miyamoto Sound Recordist
Isao Tomita Editor
Nobuyuki Isshiki Screenplay
Hideji Miyajima Producer
Noriko Murao Associate Producer
Yōichi Shiga Director of Photography
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Japan 14 May 1988
Russia 12 May 2015
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