

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 proceeds to blow the entire family apart.
Top Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda
Sho Yoshimoto

Jūzō Itami
Kosuke Numata

Saori Yuki
Chikako Numata

Ichirôta Miyakawa
Shigeyuki Numata
Junichi Tsujita
Shinichi Numata

Yoneko Matsukane
Shigeyuki's English Teacher

Kaori Okamoto
Mieko's Older Sister

Jun Togawa
Neighbor's Wife

Kazuko Shirakawa
Mieko's Mother

Shinobu Tsuruta
Shinichi's English and Homeroom Teacher

Shiro Sasaki
Mieko's Father

Katsunobu Ito
Shigeyuki's Japanese Teacher
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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