May 14, 1988
113 min
Full-HD

The Yen Family (1988)

Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.

Category

Comedy Drama Family

Country

Japan

Companies

Fuji Television Network

Takeshi Kaga

Hajime Kimura

Kaori Momoi

Noriko Kimura

Hiromi Iwasaki

Terumi Kimura

Mitsunori Isaki

Taro Kimura

Akira Emoto

Shinichi Amemiya

Midori Kiuchi

Sayuri Amemiya

Akiko Kazami

Mitsu Amemiya

Hiroyuki Konishi

Masashi Takakura, neighbor

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