The Family Game
1983 · 107 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,192 VOTES · DIR. Yoshimitsu Morita
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,036 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 Distributed by Japan Art Theater Guild
00:06:13 I’m not at all.
00:09:47 Sorry. All I heard about you was your grades.
00:13:59 in addition to the regular pay. it’s like a base pay plus commission.
00:19:09 Coffee's ready. Come on out.
00:25:21 Relatively quiet.
00:29:26 -No wonder his grades are bad. -Right. No wonder.
00:33:39 He seems to be very drunk today. Sorry he barged in.
00:38:32 Maybe I should interview you.
00:42:47 -Take your time. -Thanks.
00:46:39 Hey, you're sneaky. You're always listening in.
00:52:34 Hey!
00:56:12 -You promise? -Mom, lay out my futon.
01:00:34 But his complexion is better these days.
01:04:55 Tsuchiya.
01:07:56 I can take you on by myself.
01:11:41 What's this sunny-side up?
01:15:55 Why would I know?
01:19:35 He tried his best to hold it until the class was over.
01:23:29 Please go to the school to help Shigeyuki talk to his teacher.
01:26:58 -it’s Seibu High. -What?
01:33:55 Jonan University is that inferior?
01:36:54 Look what you've done to him!
35:00:00 -That's right.
Cast & Characters
Yûsaku Matsuda
Yoshimoto, the tutor
Jûzô Itami
Mr. Numata, the father
Saori Yuki
Mrs. Numata, the mother
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Shigeyuki, the younger brother
Junichi Tsujita
Shinichi, the older brother
Yôko Aki
Yoshimoto's Lover
Kôichirô Doi
Tsuchiya
Katsunobu Ito
Shigeyuki's Japanese teacher
Shûsuke Kaneko
Bookstore guy
Yoshihiro Katô
Shigeyuki's gymnastic teacher
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,036
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line35:00:00
Production Record
DirectorYoshimitsu Morita
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes1,192