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The Family Game (1983)

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Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Synopsis: In a society where getting into the right school is everything, what do parents do when a son is skipping classes, flunking tests and moving nowhere fast, they hire a "drill sergeant" for a tutor in this comedy. In a society where getting into the right school is everything, what do parents do when a son is skipping classes, flunking tests and moving nowhere fast, they hire a "drill sergeant" for a tutor in this comedy. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Yusaku Matsuda, Juzo Itami, Saori Yuki, Ichirota Miyagawa

Director: Morita Yoshimitsu

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 12, 2006

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • NTSC
  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - Japanese
  • Subtitles - English

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Japanese black comedy about the dynamics of home life.

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The Family Game is not always easy to follow, but it's almost always funny and, from the opening shots until the last, it's a visual adventure.

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Vincent Canby
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