What a Wonderful Family! (2016)

Original title

家族はつらいよ

Directed by

Yōji Yamada

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly wife announces she wants a divorce, throwing her husband and adult children into cheerful chaos. The family works through old tensions and misunderstandings during a series of comedic confrontations.

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What happens

What a Wonderful Family! (家族はつらいよ, Kazoku wa Tsurai yo) is a 2016 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa, Tomoko Nakajima, Hayashiya Shōzō IX, Satoshi Tsumabuki and Yū Aoi. It was released in Japan by Shochiku on March 12, 2016. The film uses the same cast as Yamada's 2013 film Tokyo Family. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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