A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The tutor, played by the prototypical bad boy actor Matsuda Yusaku, proceeds to blow the entire family apart.
Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita
tutor
japanese family
brothers
shōwa era (1926-89)
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3.8 / 5
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Cast
Yūsaku Matsuda
Yoshimoto
Jūzō Itami
Mr. Numata
Yuki Saori
Mrs. Numata
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Shigeyuki
Jun Togawa
Neighbour's Wife
Yoko Aki
Yoshimoto's Lover
Yoneko Matsukane
Shigeyuki's English Teacher
Katsunobu Ito
Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher
Yoshihiro Katō
Shigeyuki's Gymnastic Teacher
Kazuko Shirakawa
Mieko's Mother
Shusuke Kaneko
Bookstore Guy
Crew
Yoshimitsu Morita
Director
Yoshimitsu Morita
Screenplay
Yonezō Maeda
Cinematography
Shusuke Kaneko
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
Taianh
9.0★ · 01/06/26
Performative dinner table
Performative dinner table
julita
6.0★ · 11/17/25
ludzie sie smieja a ja siedze taka disturbed i mysle ok ok ok...
ludzie sie smieja a ja siedze taka disturbed i mysle ok ok ok...
Kai
9.0★ · 10/01/25
Us Japanese folk got to have the most depressing and uneasy representations of the nuclear family.
Us Japanese folk got to have the most depressing and uneasy representations of the nuclear family.
Landon
3.0★ · 04/09/24
Maybe I'd think that it would be funnier if I was a Japanese national.
Maybe I'd think that it would be funnier if I was a Japanese national.
