The Hit-and-Run Family (1992)

  • NR
  • 12/19/1992 (JP)
  • Comedy, Drama, Family
  • 1h 40m

Overview

Set in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems facing modern Japanese families. Hiroshi accidentally hits a young woman with his car and flees in panic. He confesses to his wife, Yoko, who persuades him to keep quiet as his arrest would mean the end for their already troubled family. Their daughter is having an affair with a married man, their son is being bullied and refusing to go to school and their grandfather is becoming more difficult. Yoko urges the family to move the car into the living room in order to destroy the evidence by taking it apart. Hiroshi finally decides to do the honest thing but a series of bizarre incidents then ensues...

Toshiyuki Mizutani

Director, Screenplay

Hakaru Sunamoto

Screenplay

Cast

Kyōzō Nagatsuka's headshot

Kyōzō Nagatsuka

Mie Nakao's headshot

Mie Nakao

Chiharu's headshot

Chiharu

Mitsunari Hashimoto's headshot

Mitsunari Hashimoto

Yôko Ohshima's headshot

Yôko Ohshima

Ryo Iwamatsu's headshot

Ryo Iwamatsu

Hiroo Ôtaka's headshot

Hiroo Ôtaka

Mitsuko Ishii's headshot

Mitsuko Ishii

Recommendations