My Neighbors the Yamadas

Jul 17, 1999

1h 44m

★ 7.0

The safety of family is the wish of the world.

Overview

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

Genres

Animation

Comedy

Family

Production Companies

Studio Ghibli

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Tokuma Shoten

Hakuhodo

My Neighbors the Yamadas Trailers

Cast

Noboru Yamada (voice)

Hayato Isohata

Shige Yamano (voice)

Masako Araki

Nonoko Yamada (voice)

Naomi Uno

Takashi Yamada (voice)

Toru Masuoka

Matsuko Yamada (voice)

Yukiji Asaoka

Teacher Fujihara (voice)

Akiko Yano

Haiku Reader (voice)

Kosanji Yanagiya

Shige's Friend (voice)

Tamao Nakamura

Grandma Kikuchi (voice)

Chōchō Miyako

Baseball Commentator on Television (voice)

Suguru Egawa

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