is a 1984 Japanese Pink film written and directed by Masayuki Suo

Masayuki Suo

is a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?.According to Suo:- Life and career :...

 and released by Shintōhō.

Synopsis

The plot revolves around the complications brought to a middle-class family when older brother Kōichi brings home his new sexually voracious bride Yuriko. Younger brother Kazuo looks to the new arrival as a source of sexual release while sister Akiko surreptitiously works in a soapland

Soapland

A ' is a Japanglish and indicates a paradise for men in Japanese. It is said, since in Japan prostitution is officially prohibited by the government, that it is a type of brothel in Japan where male clients can engage in sexual activity with female prostitutes, although officially the clubs do...

 and Father lusts after a bar proprietess.

Cast

• Kaoru Kaze as Yuriko Mamiya
• Miki Yamaji as Akiko Mamiya
• Usagi Asō  as the Bar Madam
• Ren Osugi
  Ren Osugi
  , born , is a Japanese actor. For his work in Cure, Hana-bi and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival...
  
   as Shukichi Mamiya (the Father)
• Kei Shutō as Kazuo Mamiya
• Shirō Shimomoto
  Shirō Shimomoto
  is a Japanese pink film actor and director from Osaka, Japan. He has been called "one of the most individual actors" in the world of pink film.-Life and career:...
  
   as Kōichi Mamiya

Background

Although he had written screenplays for other pink films and was an assistant director (and a bit player) in Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre.-Biography:Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is not related to director Akira Kurosawa...

's Kandagawa Pervert Wars

Kandagawa Pervert Wars

is a 1983 Japanese pink film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa who would later go on to a career directing mainstream horror films.-Synopsis:A young girl, Akiko, in a tenement block in Tokyo's Kandagawa area, uses a telescope to spy on her neighbors in between lovemaking sessions with her boyfriend...

, this film marks the directorial debut of Masayuki Suo

Masayuki Suo

is a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?.According to Suo:- Life and career :...

 who would later achieve international fame for his film Shall We Dance?. Abnormal Family: Older Brother's Bride has been discussed by movie critics as an homage to or parody of the family dramas of early Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu

Yasujiro Ozu

was a prominent Japanese film director and script writer. He is known for his distinctive technical style, developed during the silent era. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are among the most persistent themes in his body of work...

. Jasper Sharp says it wittily puts together the plots of a number of Ozu's best known works within the framework of a pink film. Suo also uses the trademark camera angles, visual effects and stylized movements from Ozu's films in contrast with the sexual antics of this genre.

Availability

The film was released theatrically in Japan in June 1984 and published as a DVD in Japan on June 28, 2002 by Uplink . It had earlier (May 2000) been released in Video CD

Video CD

Before the advent of DVD and Blu-ray, the Video CD became the first format for distributing films on standard 120 mm optical discs. The format is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc...

format with Chinese and English subtitles by Asia Video Publishing Company.

External links

• Review at Midnight Eye