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Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

1995

109 minutes

Comedy

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.

Top Cast

Goro Kishitani headshot

Goro Kishitani

Minoru Ameya

Moeko Ezawa headshot

Moeko Ezawa

Matsu Ameya

Kazuya Takahashi headshot

Kazuya Takahashi

Susumu Ameya

Ittoku Kishibe headshot

Ittoku Kishibe

Kimio Hatsukaichi, Matsu's lover

Yoshiki Arizono headshot

Yoshiki Arizono

Detective

Yukijiro Hotaru headshot

Yukijiro Hotaru

Kyozo

Toshiyuki Kitami headshot

Toshiyuki Kitami

KItami

Jun Kunimura headshot

Jun Kunimura

Yoichi, Takashi's uncle

Akaji Maro headshot

Akaji Maro

Kanji, Nobuko's father

Ruby Moreno headshot

Ruby Moreno

Ruby at 'Watermelon'

Senri Sakurai headshot

Senri Sakurai

Asai

Sansei Shiomi headshot

Sansei Shiomi

Moichi, Matsu's nephew

Koichi Ueda headshot

Koichi Ueda

Yoshida

Natsumi Nanase headshot

Natsumi Nanase

Rosa Kogure

Hitomi Ishii headshot

Hitomi Ishii

Nobuko, Takashi's wife

Shigeru Nakano headshot

Shigeru Nakano

Takashi, Ameya, 1st son

Haruko Wanibuchi headshot

Haruko Wanibuchi

Akiko Natsume

Jotaro Watanabe headshot

Jotaro Watanabe