Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

1995 · 109 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Yōichi Sai · Written by Yōichi Sai

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Goro Kishitani Minoru Ameya
Moeko Ezawa Matsu Ameya
Kazuya Takahashi Susumu Ameya
Ittoku Kishibe Kimio Hatsukaichi, Matsu's lover
Yoshiki Arizono Detective
Yukijiro Hotaru Kyozo
Toshiyuki Kitami KItami
Jun Kunimura Yoichi, Takashi's uncle
Akaji Maro Kanji, Nobuko's father
Ruby Moreno Ruby at 'Watermelon'
Senri Sakurai Asai
Sansei Shiomi Moichi, Matsu's nephew

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