A Family
2021 2h 16m movie Film Japan

A Family

ヤクザと家族 The Family

“I didn't have a father or a mother, but I had a family.”

Synopsis

ヤクザと家族 The Family

“I didn't have a father or a mother, but I had a family.”

Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times.

The 2020–2022 Japan Window

452 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. A Family sits at position #246.

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    ★ 8.8 · 2021

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    #2

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    ★ 8.8 · 2021

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    #3

    Romantic Killer

    ★ 8.7 · 2022

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    #4

    Police in a Pod

    ★ 8.7 · 2021

  5. Jujutsu Kaisen
    #5

    Jujutsu Kaisen

    ★ 8.6 · 2020

  6. SPY x FAMILY
    #6

    SPY x FAMILY

    ★ 8.6 · 2022

  7. Chainsaw Man
    #7

    Chainsaw Man

    ★ 8.6 · 2022

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    #8

    Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

    ★ 8.6 · 2022

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with A Family. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2020s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Family premiered. 539 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
53
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,778 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #110 of 402 (top 27%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Spoken Languages Japanese, Mandarin
Production Companies STAR SANDS, KADOKAWA
Runtime 2h 16m
Release Date January 29, 2021
IMDb tt13356884
Official Site yakuzatokazoku.com

Themes & Motifs

  • japan
  • society
  • yakuza
  • conflict
  • the flow of the times
  • anti-organized crime law
  • yakuza exclusion ordinances

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