The Yen Family (1988)
1h 53m
Running Time
May 14, 1988Release Date
The Yen Family (1988)
1h 53m
Running Time
May 14, 1988Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Takeshi Kaga
Hajime Kimura
Kaori Momoi
Noriko Kimura
Hiromi Iwasaki
Terumi Kimura
Mitsunori Isaki
Taro Kimura
Akira Emoto
Shinichi Amemiya
Yojiro Takita
Director
Midori Kiuchi
Sayuri Amemiya
Nobuyuki Isshiki
Writer
Akiko Kazami
Mitsu Amemiya
Toshihiko Tani
Writer
Hiroyuki Konishi
Masashi Takakura, neighbor
Michiko Shimizu
Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
Shin'ya Kawai
Producer
Shin Nakano
Ken Takakura
Hideshi Miyajima
Producer
Yoshi Katō
Tokijiro
Katsuo Ono
Composer
Jun Tatara
Umekichi
Kōen Okumura
Takeyoshi
Michio Kida
Matsuyoshi
Chigusa Tsuyuhara
Fujie
Imari Tsuji
Takae
Kazuko Imai
Nasue
Mari Torigoe
Ashiro
Toshiya Sakai
Hirono
Yutaka Ikejima
Assistant manager
Koichi Ueda
Manager
Takashi Tsumura
Principal
Yoko Emori
Professor Kamikawachi
Naoto Takenaka
Hidden wasteman
Yukijiro Hotaru
Dance teacher
Lupin Suzuki
Newspaper owner
Koji Yamaguchi
Poor student
Kazuyo Ezaki
Indecent Housewife
Yukiko Tachibana
Silent Housewife
Mikiko Miki
OL
Kenji Kobayashi
Soba Restaurant A
Kiichi Nosaka
Soba restaurant B
Bengal
Middle-aged man
Hideji Miyajima
Producer
Yōichi Shiga
Director of Photography
Isao Tomita
Editor
Katsumi Nakazawa
Art Direction
Sadaaki Haginiwa
Assistant Director
Hisayuki Miyamoto
Sound Recordist
Kazuo Yabe
Lighting Technician
Toshio Kobayashi
Associate Producer
Noriko Murao
Associate Producer
Baiken Jukkanji
Tokuhisa Yamashita
Kei Takyo
Misuzu Higashiyama
Toyofumi Nishimura
Jun Takada
Tatsumi Nikamoto
Yoshimi Nakajima
Junko Idonuma
Yasuo Uematsu
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 14, 1988
Original Name木村家の人びと
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Genres
Wiki.
Kimurake no Hitobito (木村家の人びと) is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Yōjirō Takita. It is also known as The Yen Family in America, as well as Famille Yen in France. It stars Takeshi Kaga and Kaori Momoi. It is a comedy about a family and their obsession for making money.