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The Whole Family Works (Japanese: はたらく一家, romanized: Hataraku ikka) is a 1939 Japanese drama film written and directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on a novel by Sunao Tokunaga.
The Whole Family Works: Directed by Mikio Naruse. With Musei Tokugawa, Noriko Honma, Akira Ubukata, Kaoru Itô. Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and contribute to the family expenses.
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- Drama
- Mikio Naruse
- 1939-03-11
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- Musei Tokugawa
- Mikio Naruse
- Toho Eiga Co Ltd
The Whole Family Works. 1939. はたらく一家. Directed by Mikio Naruse. Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and contribute to the family expenses. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
- Mikio Naruse
- Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and contribute to the family expenses.
Naruse’s quiet drama of a family’s struggle to make ends meet during the Depression and the war with China, whose social costs are never mentioned but keenly felt. Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
Set in depression-era Japan around the time of the Sino-Japanese War (which the director evokes, during a brief dream sequence, by dissolving between children's war games and actual adult warfare), The Whole Family Works gently observes a family coming apart at the seams.
