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A Family is Michihito Fujii's 2021 Japanese crime drama, tracing a man's ties to a yakuza clan across two decades of changing anti-gang laws.
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Who directed A Family?
A Family is a 2021 Japanese crime drama directed by Michihito Fujii. The film was made by the team behind The Journalist, another Fujii production.
What is A Family about?
The story follows Kenji, who is taken in by a yakuza boss and develops a family-like bond with the organization. It examines how that bond changes as Japan's anti-gang laws and social attitudes shift over roughly two decades.
Is A Family a conventional gangster action film?
It combines yakuza crime drama with a family story rather than focusing only on gang violence. The emotional center is the relationship between Kenji and the older boss who becomes his adoptive family figure.
Where can viewers find A Family?
The film has been distributed internationally through Netflix in some territories. Its Japanese title is often rendered as Yakuza and the Family, which helps distinguish it from unrelated films called Family.
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