The Yen Family backdrop

The Yen Family 1988 Directed by Yojiro Takita 木村家の人びと

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Comedy , Drama , Family
Production Company Fuji Television Network
Release Date 14 May 1988
113 mins
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
Shin Nakano Ken Takakura
Yoshi Katō Tokijiro
Jun Tatara Umekichi
Kōen Okumura Takeyoshi
Michio Kida Matsuyoshi
Yutaka Ikejima Assistant manager
Koichi Ueda Manager
Takashi Tsumura Principal
Yoko Emori Professor Kamikawachi
Naoto Takenaka Hidden wasteman
Yukijiro Hotaru Dance teacher
Lupin Suzuki Newspaper owner
Koji Yamaguchi Poor student
Kazuyo Ezaki Indecent Housewife
Yukiko Tachibana Silent Housewife
Kenji Kobayashi Soba Restaurant A
Kiichi Nosaka Soba restaurant B
Bengal Middle-aged man
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