THE CRAZY FAMILY

From the original Japanese punk auteur, Gakuryu “Sogo” Ishii comes the wild story of the Kobayashi family, a suburban dream turned domestic nightmare. Like a termite infestation, this savage slapstick satire steadily gnaws away at the idea of the “perfect family” until the foundation falls through, giving new meaning to the idea of nuclear destruction.

After moving into a nice suburban home on the outskirts of Tokyo, the Kobayashis seems to be living the domestic dream. That is until they all start trying to kill and fuck each other. With a fascist grandpa shouting WWII era Japanese military slogans in in his army uniform, a son who builds giant neon shrines to his college entrance exams, and a sex-starved mother running around the house with a pot on her head trying to kill everyone with her kitchen knives, Ishii’s take-down of the Japanese family unit is a gleefully delirious satire and a clear precursor to such Takashi Miike family dramas like VISITOR Q and THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS. One of the era’s most eviscerating takedowns of conservative living, THE CRAZY FAMILY is a twisted punk satire of the long-held values and dreams of the postwar generation.

“Mixing sledgehammer social satire with rapid-fire cinematic dementia, this is an unforgettable excursion into the darkest recesses of middle-class values. I cannot stress enough how wonderfully whacky yet compellingly contemplative this creation of Ishii's is.” – Shock Cinema Magazine