The Whole Family Works (1939)
- Original title
- はたらく一家
- Directed by
- Mikio Naruse
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
During a financial hardship, a Japanese family decides that everyone including the children must take a job to make ends meet. The parents split the children among different workplaces and the story follows the consequences of this arrangement.
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What happens
The Whole Family Works (Japanese: はたらく一家, romanized: Hataraku ikka) is a 1939 Japanese drama film written and directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on a novel by Sunao Tokunaga. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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