The Yen Family
1988Set 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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Takeshi Kaga
as Hajime Kimura
Kaori Momoi
as Noriko Kimura
Hiromi Iwasaki
as Terumi Kimura
Mitsunori Isaki
as Taro Kimura
Akira Emoto
as Shinichi Amemiya
Midori Kiuchi
as Sayuri Amemiya
Akiko Kazami
as Mitsu Amemiya
Hiroyuki Konishi
as Masashi Takakura, neighbor
Michiko Shimizu
as Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
Shin Nakano
as Ken Takakura
Yoshi Katō
as Tokijiro
Jun Tatara
as Umekichi
Kōen Okumura
as Takeyoshi
Michio Kida
as Matsuyoshi
Chigusa Tsuyuhara
as Fujie
Imari Tsuji
as Takae
Kazuko Imai
as Nasue
Mari Torigoe
as Ashiro
Toshiya Sakai
as Hirono
Yutaka Ikejima
as Assistant manager
Baiken Jukkanji
Koichi Ueda
as Manager
Takashi Tsumura
as Principal
Jun Takada
Yasuo Uematsu
Junko Idonuma
Yoshimi Nakajima
Toyofumi Nishimura
Misuzu Higashiyama
Kei Takyo
Yoko Emori
as Professor Kamikawachi
Naoto Takenaka
as Hidden wasteman
Yukijiro Hotaru
as Dance teacher
Lupin Suzuki
as Newspaper owner
Koji Yamaguchi
as Poor student
Kazuyo Ezaki
as Indecent Housewife
Yukiko Tachibana
as Silent Housewife
Mikiko Miki
as OL
Kenji Kobayashi
as Soba Restaurant A
Kiichi Nosaka
as Soba restaurant B
Tokuhisa Yamashita
Tatsumi Nikamoto
Bengal
as Middle-aged man