Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Yojiro Takita Director
- Takeshi Kaga as Hajime Kimura
- Kaori Momoi as Noriko Kimura
- Hiromi Iwasaki as Terumi Kimura
- Mitsunori Isaki as Taro Kimura
- Akira Emoto as Shinichi Amemiya
- Midori Kiuchi as Sayuri Amemiya
- Akiko Kazami as Mitsu Amemiya
- Hiroyuki Konishi as Masashi Takakura, neighbor
- Michiko Shimizu as Sayaka Takakura, Masashi's wife
- Shin Nakano as Ken Takakura
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