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The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
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The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Wishing Chong, Yōichi Sai
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Runtime:109 minutes
Studio:TV Tokyo, AMUSE, Cinequanon
Cast
Yōichi Sai
Director
Goro Kishitani
Minoru Ameya
Moeko Ezawa
Matsu Ameya
Kazuya Takahashi
Susumu Ameya
Ittoku Kishibe
Kimio Hatsukaichi, Matsu's lover
Yoshiki Arizono
Detective
Yukijiro Hotaru
Kyozo
Toshiyuki Kitami
KItami
Jun Kunimura
Yoichi, Takashi's uncle
Akaji Maro
Kanji, Nobuko's father
Ruby Moreno
Ruby at 'Watermelon'
Senri Sakurai
Asai
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