Japan 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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Family. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From STAR SANDS
Crime + Drama in Japan
203 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Family itself).
The 2020–2022 Japan Window
A Family holds position #246 of 452 Japan films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including A Family. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.
The 4214th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
53 audience reviews — more than 65% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 53th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Family, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- conflict · 3
- the flow of the times · 3
- anti-organized crime law · 2
- yakuza exclusion ordinances · 2
- society · 14
- japan · 454
- yakuza · 93
Reception Benchmarks
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 |