The Yen Family (1988)

Name: The Yen Family
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Released: 1988-05-14
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Takeshi Kaga, Kaori Momoi, Hiromi Iwasaki, Mitsunori Isaki, Akira Emoto

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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Released 1988-05-14 · 113 min · Comedy, Drama, Family

Directed by Yojiro Takita

Cast

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