The Yen Family (1988)

Comedy
Drama
Family

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.

Cast

Hajime Kimura
Takeshi Kaga
Noriko Kimura
Kaori Momoi
Tokijiro
Yoshi Katō
Umekichi
Jun Tatara
Takeyoshi
Kōen Okumura
Matsuyoshi
M Michio Kida
Fujie
C Chigusa Tsuyuhara
Takae
I Imari Tsuji
Nasue
K Kazuko Imai
Ashiro
M Mari Torigoe
Hirono
Toshiya Sakai
Assistant manager
Yutaka Ikejima
Terumi Kimura
Hiromi Iwasaki
B Baiken Jukkanji
Manager
Koichi Ueda
Principal
Takashi Tsumura
J Jun Takada
Y Yasuo Uematsu
J Junko Idonuma
Y Yoshimi Nakajima
T Toyofumi Nishimura
M Misuzu Higashiyama
K Kei Takyo
Taro Kimura
Mitsunori Isaki
Professor Kamikawachi
Y Yoko Emori
Hidden wasteman
Naoto Takenaka
Dance teacher
Yukijiro Hotaru
Newspaper owner
L Lupin Suzuki
Poor student
K Koji Yamaguchi
Indecent Housewife
Kazuyo Ezaki
Silent Housewife
Yukiko Tachibana
OL
Mikiko Miki
Soba Restaurant A
K Kenji Kobayashi
Soba restaurant B
K Kiichi Nosaka
Shinichi Amemiya
Akira Emoto
T Tokuhisa Yamashita
T Tatsumi Nikamoto
Middle-aged man
Bengal
Sayuri Amemiya
Midori Kiuchi
Mitsu Amemiya
Akiko Kazami
Masashi Takakura, neighbor
Hiroyuki Konishi
Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
Michiko Shimizu
Ken Takakura
S Shin Nakano

Crew

Director
Yojiro Takita
Producer
H Hideji Miyajima
Producer
S Shin'ya Kawai
Original Story
T Toshihiko Tani
Screenplay
N Nobuyuki Isshiki
Original Music Composer
Katsuo Ono
Associate Producer
T Toshio Kobayashi
Associate Producer
N Noriko Murao
Director of Photography
Yōichi Shiga
Lighting Technician
K Kazuo Yabe
Sound Recordist
H Hisayuki Miyamoto
Art Direction
K Katsumi Nakazawa
Editor
I Isao Tomita
Assistant Director
Sadaaki Haginiwa