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Kazoku gokko (2015)

Kazoku gokko poster
Original title
家族ごっこ
Directed by
Eiji Uchida, Hanta Kinoshita
Genre
comedy, drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is an anthology film that follows five different families, each presented in a separate story. The families are slightly odd or out of sync with normal life, and the film shows their unusual situations.

quirkyoffbeatfragmenteddarkly comicunevenwryunsettlingabsurd

What happens

『家族ごっこ』(かぞくごっこ)は、内田英治・木下半太監督、内田英治・木下半太・福田桃子・平谷悦郎・三輪江一の脚本による2015年の映画。 どこかズレた5組の家族(『鈴木ごっこ』『佐藤家の通夜』『父の愛人たち』『貧乳クラブ』『高橋マニア』)を描くオムニバス作品。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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