Kazoku Cinema
6.7
A savage look at food and sex, helms this black comedy about Japan's sizable and often beleaguered Korean-Japanese community. Motomi Hayashi (Eri Yu), a producer who is thoroughly dedicated to her career, returns to her abode to discover that her porn star sister (Ichio Matsuda) is going to make a film about her family's first reunion in 20 years. Motomi is less than thrilled with the prospect, seeing as all is not well at the Hayashi household. Motomi's father recently got canned from his longtime job at a Pachinko parlor, while her mother secretly plans to mortgage the house to finance her affair with a younger lover. Motomi grows more uneasy when she learns that the porn director in charge of the undertaking is known for mixing fact with fantasy.
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Cast
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Eri Yu
Known for
Shinjuku Triad Society
Ichiho Matsuda
Also in
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
Jokyoshi Nikki 2 Abakareta Sei
Park Gok-ji
Park Cheol-su
Byoungkil Woo
Hyunho Jang
Sogil Yan
Miri Yu
Keunjoong Yoon
Park Chul-soo
Hiroko Isayama
Known for
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Kim Soo-jin
Known for
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
Bullet Ballet
Park Cheol-su Director · Lee Eun-gil Cinematographer Park Gok-ji Editor
United States release October 1, 1999 · Produced in South Korea · Production Park Chul-Soo Films Ltd.
Production
Park Cheol-su Films
Production
Park Chul-Soo Films Ltd.
Production
South Korea
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Original title
가족 시네마
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · November 28, 1998
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1999
Chicago International Film Festival
Japan
October 2, 1999
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