Writer and critic
Don Ranvaud introduces a scathing social satire from one of Japan's most promising directors.
The Family Game starring
Yusaku Matsuda
Juzoltami Shigeyuki 's laziness keeps him towards the bottom of his class.
— Anxious for his son to make good progress, Numata hires a tutor. Shigeyuki's grades improve and he learns to cope with school bullies, but the tutor has a very strange effect on the rest of the family. Director
Yoshimitsu Morita made his name in comedy films. The Family Game, with its mixing of social comment and black humour, is his first international success.
From the novel by YOHEI HONMA Written and directed by YOSHIMITSU MORITA
(In Japanese with English subtitles. FirstshowingonBritishtelevision)
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