The Crazy Family
They're just like yours.
DramaComedyThrillerdark comedymental breakdownsatiredysfunctional familydomestic violenceincestjapanese familymoving to a cityself-harmshōwa era (1926-89)comedy thriller
A darkly comedic satire of suburban family life that uses escalating dysfunction, self-harm, and incest to expose the absurdity and cruelty lurking beneath domestic normalcy.
Shortly after moving to the suburbs, the Kobayashis start to come undone. Convinced a family curse is at the root of their erratic behavior, the man of the house takes it upon himself to course-correct before it takes the last of their sanity.
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