The Family Game (家族ゲーム)

TOHO COMPANY, LTD.

Distributed hy Japan Art Theater Ouild

Coproduced hy Nikkatsu Film Studios,

New Century Producers & Japan Art Theater Ouild

Evoryone in the family is...

on the edge and very fussy!

THE FAMILY GAME

Younger Drother Shigeyuki NU MATA

Older Brother Shinichi NUMATA

Father Kosuke NUMATA

Mother Chikako NUMATA

What kind of pain is it?

I feel nauseous. lt teels Iike a needle pricking.

Do you want antacid?

- It feels like a needle pricking. - Take medicine then.

No, l got diarrhea last time.

Too painful to go to school?

Right. I wanna rest in bed and recuperate.

What it it's appendicitis?

I think it's my pancreas.

Pancreas?

What do you mean? Pancreas?

Could you lay out my futon?

Don 't you have an important test today?

It's only P. E. and stuff. No hig deal.

That's good but...

Your new tutor will start tomorrow. You need to he ready physically.

Teacher, may I borrow a pencil?

Shut up! Who do you think you aro?

Idiot! l ' m out of lead. What else am l supposed to do?

Stop it!

Stop! Stop! Make them stop!

With your 0rades, you cen prohahly go to Jingu High.

I can go to Seihu High.

What are you thinking? Don 't think so.

I ' m not as stupid as you think.

If you ' re not, get good grades.

Dut you are hasing things on my past grades.

What did you say? You hrat!

Tutor Masaru YOSH l MOTO

Do the Numatas live over thcre?

Do the Numatas live here? You know, the Numatas?

You must'vc bccn thirsty. Lct mc gct you somcthinq elsc.

No, it's all right.

- PIea8e don 't hesitate. - I ' m not at all.

- Wc can have winc latcr, too. - OK.

So, anyway, do you have any specific request for me?

Well , nothing really specific as long as his grados go up.

We've hired many tutors, but no one has really worked out.

So his grades didn 't go up?

That sums it up.

I ' m sure you ' ll find out once you talk to Shigeyuki.

He's a trouhled child.

What do you mean hy trouhlcd?

Don 't scare me like that. . . Dad.

Shigeyuki, l ' m sure you know, hut Mr. Yoshimoto is already here.

Your pancreas is OK today, right?

- Welcome hack. - I ' m home.

Hey, Shinichi, this is Shigeyuki 's tutor...

- I ' m Yoshimoto. - Hello.

This one is pretty smart unlike his little hrother.

Honey, not so loud! He can hear you.

It's all right, it' ll motivate him.

- Unlike his little hrother. . . - l entered...

Seibu High with excellent scores and my parents arc extremely plcased.

Nice to meet you.

Likewise.

You 've got a cuto face.

It has lots of pimples. They' re the symbol of youth.

You ' re trouhled, they say.

Entrance exem takers are all trouhled.

You ' re funny.

That's gross.

It grosses me out too.

2 TEACH EH'S PET DORIS DAY

I hear you rank 9th from the hottom in your class.

Something like that.

Who's on tho hottom then?

Hamamoto, the douhle-hagger.

- Is she that ugly? - It makcs you laugh.

Huh. Ugly and stupid?

Right. Ugly and stupid.

So you are cute and stupid.

I don 't consider myself stupid.

I just don 't like to study.

I ' m callin0 you stupid for saying that at a time like this.

- Don 't call me stupid so casually. - Sorry.

All l heard ahout you was your grades.

What's your hohhy, teacher?

Mine? To teach someone to learn.

That's obnoxious.

What's your hohhy then?

To learn to study.

What do you think of Shigoyuki?

He's kinda cute.

Cute? You ' re not selecting a dog or cat!

He's just acting innocent tor today.

- Do you enjoy college life? - I hardly go there.

- Don 't need to in the 7th year. Hight? - I guess you could say that.

- Are you popular? - Uh?

Are you popular with girls?

Oirls. ...?

Mayho l should say female students?

Not at all, hecause l don 't have money.

Money, huh?

Dut you ' re good-looking.

Oood-looking?

- Is he? - I am good-looking.

Do you do something to your hair?

Don 't touch your hair. Dandruff will tall.

I ' m your son 's tutor.

Well, we' re counting on you.

- You seem to like hooze. - Not particularly.

It doesn 't make me drunk.

Can we talk in my car?

That's not a 0ood idea. You had too much wine.

Just tor a Iittle while.

Don 't worry ahout me. l ' m used to walking.

I ' m not giving you a ride. l just wanna talk to you in my car.

Oh, I see.

Hey, what's your tutor's hirthday and hirth year?

Why don 't you ask him yourself?

It's so quiet.

Can I turn on the radio?

What tor?

Well , just in case there is hreaking news or something.

It's ahout Shigeyuki .

Yes. . .?

- I want his grades to go up at all costs. - l understand.

I ' Il pay you if they go up.

In eddition to the regular pay. It's like a hase pay plus commission.

- Sounds good. - Doesn 't it?

I think it's motivating for you too.

But, how exactly will you evaluate?

Will you look et his devietion score? Or his points on tests?

Points vary depending on the ditficulty of the tests.

What ahout his rank in his class?

Say, I ' ll pay you 1 0,000 yen every time he goes up one rank.

30 ranks for 300,000 yen then?

That's right.

Do you really have that kind ot money?

You cen 't say you don 't have it when it's time to pay me.

I have a Certificate of Deposite at tho post oftice.

I held it longer than six months. So I can cancel it.

Mr. Numata...

You promise?

Yes.

I ' m giving you hack your test papers trom the other day.

As usual I ' ll do it in the order of the lowest to the highest scores.

Akemi Hamamoto, six points!

This is no time to goof around.

If you ' re too emherrassed to show your face, study harder.

Oo hack to your seat.

You have no room to laugh!

Senuma, eight points.

Oo pick it up out there!

Iguchi, twelve points!

Yamamoto, sixteen points!

Numata, 26 points.

- You have e hole in your ass. - Kameyama, 32 points.

What is it?

Watanaho, 35 points.

What do you want?

Come on. Let go of me.

Let go!

We know you like Hamamoto. So we hrought her for you.

Hamamoto, kiss him. Oive him a kiss.

Welcome home.

Didn 't you get your test hack today?

What's wrong?

Was it a had score?

It's always had.

Let me see it.

I want some coftee.

Let me see it later, right?

Coftee's ready. Come on out.

It's gonna get cold.

I ' m changing my underwear.

How come you didn 't do it in the morning?

Won 't that make it too sweet?

Damn it! That basterd, Tsuchiya, put salt in it.

Don 't be silly.

What a waste. Its instant coffee, but I don 't want you wasting it like that.

Mom, l got 26 points on Japanese. 9th from the bottom.

" Define the tollowing words. "

One, "disposition. " A tulip hulb?

Two, "gentle. " A round greenhouse?

Three, " insidious. " To secretly play rock, papor, scissors?

- Aren 't they funny? - Funny?

How so?

What are you thinking?

Ahout you.

What ahout me are you thinking ahout?

- What you ' re like. - Nono of your husiness.

When is your next Japanese test?

Next week.

How far along are you in the textbook?

Ah...

What's this?

Doodling silly stuff like this?