The Eccentric Family Collection - 2-DVD Set ( Uchouten Kazoku ) ( The Eccentric Family (13 Episodes) )

The Eccentric Family Collection - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$47.99

Original Title: Uchouten Kazoku
Alternate Title: The Eccentric Family (13 Episodes)
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
307 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Masayuki Yoshihara

Written By:
Masayuki Yoshihara

Actors:
Jun'ichi Suwabe ..... Shimogamo, Yaichirou (4 episodes, 2013)

Synopsis:

All 13 episodes from the Japanese anime based on the novel by Tomihiko Morimi. The plot is centred around the Shimogamo family - brothers Yasaburo (voice of Takahiro Sakurai), Yaichiro (Junichi Suwabe), Yajiro (Hiroyuki Yoshino), Yashiro (Mai Nakahara) and their mother (Kikuko Inoue), who are all tanuki, beings who can transform into humans, animals or objects. The boys' father was killed and cooked in a hot pot by the Friday Fellows, a social group of tengu, creatures who roam the sky. When Yasaburo meets Benten (Mamiko Noto), a human who was raised as a tengu, he is taken with her despite her association with the club. Elsewhere, Yaichiro, who hopes to be elected as the next tanuki leader, discovers one of his brothers may have been involved in his father's death. The episodes are: 'Goddess of the Noryo-Yuka', 'Mother and Raijin, God of Thunder', 'Yakushibo's Inner Parlour', 'Daimonji Leisure Cruiser Battle', 'The Friday Fellows Club', 'Autumn Leaf Viewing', 'Bath House Rules', 'The Day That Dad Left', 'Daughter of the Ebisugawas - Kaisei', 'Behind the Scenes of Soun Ebisugawa', 'Try Again Even Harder', 'The Fake Eizan Electric Car' and 'The Eccentric Family'.

In modern-day Kyoto, humans live in the city, while Tanuki roam the earth and Tengu, the sky. The story surrounds a family of Japanese tanuki, the Shimogamo family. These tanuki have the ability to transform into anything they wish. They can change into normal members of human society or any animate/inanimate object. The third son, Yasaburo, enjoys a bustling daily life. He often visits Akadama-sensei, a tengu. Through him, Yasaburo is acquainted with Benten (Satomi Suzuki), a woman whom Akadama taught to fly like a tengu. As the story unfolds, the members of the Shimogamo family are still dealing with the foggy past that surrounds their father's untimely death prior to the series start. What more is that Benten is a member of a social group called "the Friday Fellows" who enjoy a meal of tanuki hot pot at the end of the year. So they must balance between living carelessly, maintaining relationships among other tanuki families, and not getting put into a hot pot by the Friday Fellows.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 April, 2016.