My Neighbors the Yamadas
1999 · Movie · PG · 104 min · ★ 7.0 · 77% critics
In urban Tokyo, a middle-class Japanese family moves through everyday life in a series of short, loosely connected episodes. The stories swing between humorous moments and heartfelt ones as they handle ordinary conflicts and joys together, capturing the feel of daily family routine.
Based on Nono-chan
Also known as My Neighbours the Yamadas
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Details
- Original title
- ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-07-17
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (610 votes)
About
If you enjoy cozy slice-of-life family tales like Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum or Summer Days with Coo, you may like this; Not for you if you want a tightly plotted story, or if episodic humor and minimal narration don’t appeal to you.
Pros: warm family vignettes; charming minimalist visuals; gentle everyday humor | Cons: episodic structure; light on plot; jokes may miss
Themes
- surrealism
- middle class
- dysfunctional family
- based on manga
- urban setting
- grandmother
- japanese family
- haiku
- anime
Cast & crew
- HI
Hayato Isohata
as Noboru Yamada (voice)
- MA
Masako Araki
as Shige Yamano (voice)
- NU
Naomi Uno
as Nonoko Yamada (voice)
Toru Masuoka
as Takashi Yamada (voice)
Yukiji Asaoka
as Matsuko Yamada (voice)
Akiko Yano
as Teacher Fujihara (voice)
- KY
Kosanji Yanagiya
as Haiku Reader (voice)
Tamao Nakamura
as Shige's Friend (voice)
Chōchō Miyako
as Grandma Kikuchi (voice)
Suguru Egawa
as Baseball Commentator on Television (voice)
Directed by Isao Takahata