Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

Jan 28, 1995

1h 49m

★ 0.0

Overview

The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

TV Tokyo

AMUSE

Cinequanon

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Cast

Minoru Ameya

Goro Kishitani

Matsu Ameya

Moeko Ezawa

Susumu Ameya

Kazuya Takahashi

Kimio Hatsukaichi, Matsu's lover

Ittoku Kishibe

Detective

Yoshiki Arizono

Kyozo

Yukijiro Hotaru

KItami

Toshiyuki Kitami

Yoichi, Takashi's uncle

Jun Kunimura

Kanji, Nobuko's father

Akaji Maro

Ruby at 'Watermelon'

Ruby Moreno

Asai

Senri Sakurai

Moichi, Matsu's nephew

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