# A Family (2021)

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**Original title**: *ヤクザと家族 The Family*
**Runtime**: 136 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Michihito Fujii
**Written by**: Michihito Fujii
**Starring**: Go Ayano, Hiroshi Tachi, Machiko Ono, Yukiya Kitamura, Hayato Ichihara, Hayato Isomura

> *I didn't have a father or a mother, but I had a family.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You grow up inside the yakuza’s pull, a kid adopted then forged by its rigid honour code. The boss beats your first loyalty into you. Then the syndicates start unravelling from the edges.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, gut-punch, outsider, raw

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