| Seiji Chihara, Eita, Masahiro Hirota,
Asami Imajuku , Itsuji Itao, Ryo Katsuji , Kyôko Koizumi ., Jun Kunimura,
Hiromi Nagasaku
Toyoda Toshiaki's latest offering begins
as a quirky comedy about an eccentric little family, before veering
off into far darker territory. Koizumi Kyoko stars as Eriko, mother
of a perfectly normal suburban family. She has a salaryman husband,
two teenage children (one girl, one boy) and is herself a housewife.
She has a terminally ill mother that she cares for and a family
she adores. But she also has a very bizarre rule that affects every
member of the household. Everyone must tell the truth about everything.
All the time. So when her daughter Mana asks one morning where she
was conceived, Eriko and her husband happily inform her that it
was at a love hotel in town that is still open today. Mana is intrigued
and sets out to find the establishment for herself.
Here it is exposed that the family members are not half as quaint
as they appeared. Eriko's husband is really a philandering cheat
with at least two mistresses on the go, the kids rarely go to school
and all of them lie through their teeth on a daily basis. Even Eriko
suffers long and hard dealing with her mother. The veneer of domestic
bliss begins to crack, and Toyoda has no qualms about showing us
every little detail.
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