Release Date

March, 12th, 2016

Running Time

108 min

Genre

Comedy , Drama , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

• YAMADA Yoji

[ Produced by ]

• FUKASAWA Hiroshi

[ Cast ]

• HASHIZUME Isao ── HIRATA Shuzo
• YOSHIYUKI Kazuko ── HIRATA Tomiko
• TSUMABUKI Satoshi ── HIRATA Shota
• AOI Yu ── MAMIYA Noriko

[ Staff ]

• YAMADA Yoji ── Screenplay
• HIRAMATSU Emiko ── Screenplay
• CHIKAMORI Masashi ── Cinematography
• ISHII Iwao ── Editor
• HISAISHI Joe ── Music

[ Production Company ]

SHOCHIKU, Sumitomo, TV Asahi, Kinoshita Group, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Shochiku Broadcasting, THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN, HAKUHODO, ABC, Nippan, GYAO!, NAGOYA BROADCASTING NETWORK, KODANSHA, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, HTB

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Production Studio ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Story ]

A heartwarming comedy from director Yamada Yoji, known for his "It's Tough Being a Man" (Otoko wa Tsuraiyo) series, which reassembles the cast of his Tokyo Family. Hashizume Isao, Yoshiyuki Kazuko, and Tsumabuki Satoshi portray an entirely different family in a story about elderly parents considering divorce which sends their whole family into a panic.
In his fiftieth year of marriage to Tomiko (Yoshiyuki), Shuzo (Hashizume) decides to buy her a birthday present for a change. However, she tells him she wants his seal on an application for divorce. Their children swiftly convene a family meeting.

[ Official Site ]

http://kazoku-tsuraiyo.jp

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2015 Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan Now
2016 Shanghai International Film Festival, Officially Recommended
2016 Fantasia International Film Festival

[ Contact (International) ]

SHOCHIKU CO., LTD.
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