Tomohiro takes his fiance Machiko to his hometown of Aridagawa in Wakayama Prefecture to see his family. Tomohiro’s family includes three siblings. His younger brother Takeshi refuses to go to school. His older sister Yumi isn't interested in their family. Younger sister Sayaka has an inferiority complex and has a fear of dating. There's also Satomi, who everybody calls "Mama", and she does all of the housework. Kayoko is called Kaka and she works as a snack bar manager. Narumi is called Haha and she is a high school teacher. Finally, there's their father Shoichiro, better known as Chichi. It's an unusual family, but able to exist in harmony. Due to Machiko's appearance, the family becomes shaken.
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Cast
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Mei Kurokawa
Machiko
Known for
Temple
Killers
Shunsuke Daitoh
Tomohiro
Known for
37 Seconds
HK: Forbidden Super Hero
Akimasa Toda
Akihiro Toda
Also in
The Night Before Upheaval
Utsukushii sube
Yasuhito Arii
Kaori Takeshita
Satomi
Also in
Human Specimens
Plastic Beauty
Takamasa Oe
Miyuki Uehara
Ayu Higashi
Yumi
Known for
From Me to You
Arisa Nakamura
Sayaka
Known for
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
The ABCs of Death
Daisuke Ryū
Shoichiro
Known for
Ran
Kagemusha
Hiromi Shinju
Narumi
Also in
Videophobia
Eriko, Pretended
Akihiro Toda Director · Miyuki Uehara Screenplay Kenichi Negishi Cinematographer
Budget $40K · First release March 22, 2014 · Produced in Japan
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$40,000
Production
Cheese Film
Production
United Entertainment
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Japan
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Original title
ねこにみかん
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 22, 2014
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