Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

1995 1h 49m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Goro Kishitani
Minoru Ameya
Moeko Ezawa
Matsu Ameya
Kazuya Takahashi
Susumu Ameya
Ittoku Kishibe
Kimio Hatsukaichi, Matsu's lover
Yoshiki Arizono
Detective
Yukijiro Hotaru
Kyozo
Toshiyuki Kitami
KItami
Jun Kunimura
Yoichi, Takashi's uncle

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yōichi Sai
Writers: Yōichi Sai, Wishing Chong
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshiyuki Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Goro Kishitani and Moeko Ezawa and Kazuya Takahashi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0329163 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yōichi Sai directs. Yoshiyuki Okuhara cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

131 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Editor Yoshiyuki Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
3Goro Kishitani and Moeko Ezawa and Kazuya Takahashi carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0329163 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.