This screening will be preceded by an introduction by Deborah Shamoon, Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore.

4K Restoration
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Runtime: 106 min
Rating: NC16

Awards

Best Film
Best Director
Best Director (Yoshimitsu Morita)
Best Screenplay (Yoshimitsu Morita)
Best Actor (Yusaku Matsuda)
Best Supporting Actor (Juzo Itami)
1984 KINEMA JUNPO AWARDS

Best Film
Best Director
Best Director (Yoshimitsu Morita)
Best Screenplay (Yoshimitsu Morita)
Best Actor (Yusaku Matsuda)
Best Supporting Actor (Juzo Itami)
Best Cinematography (Yonezo Maeda)
1984 YOKOHAMA FILM FESTIVAL

Synopsis

In Family Game, a lower-middle-class Japanese family hires tutor Yoshimoto (Yūsaku Matsuda) to help with their son’s grades, sparking chaos in the process. Visually inventive and sharp, the film catapulted director Yoshimitsu Morita to cinematic acclaim. Winner of seven Japanese Academy Awards, it remains a classic, blending audacious wit with a disruptive energy that transcends time.

About the Speaker

Deborah Shamoon is Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on representations of girls and women in Japanese film, literature and popular culture. Her publications include Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls’ Culture in Japan (2012); “Misora Hibari and the Girl Star in Postwar Japanese Cinema,” Signs 35:1 (2009); and “Class S: Appropriation of ‘Lesbian’ Subculture in Modern Japanese Literature and New Wave Cinema,” Cultural Studies 35.1 (2020).

This screening is part of the programme Retrospective: Yoshimitsu Morita. For more screenings, please click here.

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