Should you watch My Neighbors the Yamadas?
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My Neighbors the Yamadas
Anime · 1999
The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.
The sides of My Neighbors the Yamadas
- A Tokyo family's everyday squabbles
- Short sketches drawn like watercolor comics
- A grandmother who has the last word
My Neighbors the Yamadas is good for you if…
- you like small jokes about who holds the TV remote.
- you like Takahata's sketches of a family that bickers and sticks together.
- you want something gentle with no villain and no danger.
My Neighbors the Yamadas is bad for you if…
- you don't watch animated films.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: family · everyday life · marriage
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