The Yen 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
Takeshi Kaga
Hajime Kimura
Kaori Momoi
Noriko Kimura
Hiromi Iwasaki
Terumi Kimura
Mitsunori Isaki
Taro Kimura
Akira Emoto
Shinichi Amemiya
Midori Kiuchi
Sayuri Amemiya
Akiko Kazami
Mitsu Amemiya
Hiroyuki Konishi
Masashi Takakura, neighbor
Michiko Shimizu
Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
Shin Nakano
Ken Takakura
Yoshi Katō
Tokijiro
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
Baiken Jukkanji
Koichi Ueda
Manager
Takashi Tsumura
Principal
Jun Takada
Yasuo Uematsu
Junko Idonuma
Yoshimi Nakajima
Toyofumi Nishimura
Misuzu Higashiyama
Kei Takyo
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
Tokuhisa Yamashita
Tatsumi Nikamoto
Bengal
Middle-aged man
Crew
Yojiro Takita
Director
Hideji Miyajima
Producer
Shin'ya Kawai
Producer
Toshihiko Tani
Original Story
Nobuyuki Isshiki
Screenplay
Katsuo Ono
Original Music Composer
Toshio Kobayashi
Associate Producer
Noriko Murao
Associate Producer
Yōichi Shiga
Director of Photography
Kazuo Yabe
Lighting Technician
Hisayuki Miyamoto
Sound Recordist
Katsumi Nakazawa
Art Direction
Isao Tomita
Editor
Sadaaki Haginiwa
Assistant Director