What a Wonderful Family!

What a Wonderful Family!

Part of What a Wonderful Family Collection

2016•1h 48m•7.3/10

ComedyFamily

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(39)

A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.

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Production

Shochiku, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, GYAO, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, Kinoshita Komuten, Kodansha, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Nippan Group Holdings, TV Asahi, Shochiku Broadcasting, Hakuhodo, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, THE YOMIURI-SHIMBUN, Shochiku Tokyo Studio, Sumitomo Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Isao Hashizume

Isao Hashizume

Shuzo Hirata

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Tomiko Hirata

Masahiko Nishimura

Masahiko Nishimura

Konosuke Hirata

Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

Fumie Hirata

Hayashiya Shōzō IX

Hayashiya Shōzō IX

Taizo Kanai

Tomoko Nakajima

Tomoko Nakajima

Shigeko Kanai

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Noriko Mamiya

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Shota Hirata

中村鷹之資

Kenichi Hirata

Ayumu Maruyama

Nobusuke Hirata

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Numata

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Kayo

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Custodian

Katsumi Kiba

Katsumi Kiba

Takamura

Tsurube Shofukutei

Tsurube Shofukutei

Doctor

Yûki Tokunaga

Eel Restaurant Delivery Man

Fujita Okamoto

Yuriko Hirooka

Yuriko Hirooka

Koen Kondo

Koen Kondo

Masayasu Kitayama

Masayasu Kitayama

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