The Family Game

The Family Game
Film poster
Directed byYoshimitsu Morita
Written byYohei Honma (novel)
Yoshinori Kobayashi
Yoshimitsu Morita
Produced byYutaka Okada
Shirō Sasaki
StarringYūsaku Matsuda
Juzo Itami
Saori Yuki
CinematographyYonezo Maeda
Edited byAkimasa Kawashima
Distributed byCircle Films
Release date
  • 4 June 1983 (1983-06-04)
Running time
107 minutes
LanguageJapanese

The Family Game (家族ゲーム, Kazoku Gēmu) is a 1983 Japanese movie directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. The Family Game received several awards including the best movie of the year as selected by Japanese critics. Although the movie missed the Japan Academy Prize for the Best Picture (losing out to Palme d'Or Winner The Ballad of Narayama), Ichirōta Miyagawa was awarded Newcomer of the Year.