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
00:06:11 Please don't hesitate.
00:09:36 I’m calling you stupid for saying that at a time like this.
00:13:49 I want his grades to go up at all costs.
00:18:48 it’s always bad.
00:25:05 Dusk, dusk, dusk, dusk... Dusk, dusk, dusk, dusk...
00:28:48 Too much chlorine. You'd better watch out.
00:33:12 Oh, no.
00:37:57 Yeah.
00:41:24 All right.
00:46:14 What are you asking out of the blue?
00:49:33 Shinichi made it to Seibu High.
00:55:13 We could hold a big one at my parents' house.
00:59:32 Numata's grade has been going up.
01:03:35 You want Mieko?
01:06:45 Numata...
01:10:26 His attitude in class hasn't changed. Does he go to cram school?
01:13:25 You idiot. it’s about your future.
01:18:30 Why is he scared of guy like him?
01:21:04 Jonan University? Not a big deal then.
01:25:35 -Of course. -Yes.
01:31:28 Why don't we toast?
01:35:14 I see. Only I didn't know about this. Isn’t that right?
01:44:03 I'm exhausted.
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 line01:44:03
Production Record
DirectorYoshimitsu Morita
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes1,192