1983 · drama · satire · family
The Family Game
Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita1h 47m1983
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.
Our read: The Family Game (1983) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive drama · satire · family entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / satire, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- inventive
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