What a Wonderful Family! 2

Synopsis

Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.

Trailer

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Cast

Isao Hashizume

Shuzo Hirata

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Tomiko Hirata

Masahiko Nishimura

Konosuke Hirata

Yu Aoi

Noriko Mamiya

Yui Natsukawa

Fumie Hirata

Tomoko Nakajima

Shigeko Kanai

Hayashiya Shōzō IX

Taizo Kanai

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Shota Hirata

Jun Fubuki

Kayo

Nenji Kobayashi

Ginnpei Maruta

Tsurube Shofukutei

Takashi Sasano

Jiro Dan

Koen Kondo

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Yûki Tokunaga

Eel Restaurant Delivery Man

Katsumi Kiba

Yuriko Hirooka

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Nakamura Takanosuke

Kenichi Hirata

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Fujita Okamoto

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Ayumu Maruyama

Nobusuke Hirata

Crew

Art

• Tomoko Kurata Production Design
• Hisayuki Kobayashi Production Design
• Yukio Yuzawa Set Decoration

Camera

• Masashi Chikamori Director of Photography
• Tadashi Kaneda Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Kazuo Matsuda Costume Design

Directing

• Yoji Yamada Director

Editing

• Iwao Ishii Editor

Lighting

• Koichi Watanabe Gaffer

Production

• Hideaki Miyoshi Producer
• Hiroshi Fukazawa Producer
• Takashi Sugiura Production Manager
• Takakazu Aiba Line Producer
• Tomoyuki Makinouchi Production Coordinator

Sound

• Joe Hisaishi Original Music Composer
• Kazumi Kishida Sound Recordist
• Yukio Hokari Sound Effects
• Shigeyuki Onodera Music Producer

Visual Effects

• Issei Oda VFX Supervisor

Writing

• Yoji Yamada Screenplay
• Emiko Hiramatsu Screenplay