The Crazy Family

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Directors Company edition
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 107 mins
Retail Price: £29.99
Release Date: 2024
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
The Kobayashi family finally are able to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment to the suburban house of their dreams. But things are not as perfect as they seem: the house is infested by termites and the family starts going crazy: Son Masaki is studying so obsessively for his exams that he’s losing his mind; daughter Erika is oblivious of all but her forthcoming record company audition, grandfather Yasukuni starts getting World War II flashbacks and father Katsuhiko is so worried about his family’s “sickness” that he thinks can only be cured by group suicide. As the Kobayashis’ house begins to crumble, so does the sanity of its inhabitants. Katsuhiko takes it upon himself to keep them from the asylum…at any cost.

Special Features:
• Director approved remaster from the original negatives
• Feature length audio commentary by Tom Mes
• Director Gakuryu (exSogo) Ishii interview
• “The Crazy Family: Sogo Ishii’s Wild Child” Video essay by James Balmont
• Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
• ‘Directors Company’ edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp – limited to 2000 copies

Video Tracks:
1.85:1 widescreen 1080p

Audio Tracks:
DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono Japanese

Subtitle Tracks:
English
German

Directed By:
Gakuryû Ishii

Written By:
Gakuryû Ishii

Starring:
Katsuya Kobayashi
Mitsuko Baishô
Yoshiki Arizono
Yûki Kudô
Hitoshi Ueki

Music From:
1984

Director of Photography:
Masaki Tamura

Editor:
Jun'ichi Kikuchi

Production Designer:
Terumi Hosoishi

Producer:
Banmei Takahashi

Executive Producer:
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Sasaki Shirou
Toyoji Yamane