Minna no Ie

Minna no Ie
Directed by	Koki Mitani
Written by	Koki Mitani
Starring	Naoki Tanaka, Akiko Yagi, Toshiaki Karasawa, Kunie Tanaka
Release date	2001
Running time	116 min.
Language	Japanese

Minna no Ie (みんなのいえ, Minna no Ie) (also known as Everyone's Home) is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Koki Mitani. The film is about an affluent couple who decide to build a new house, and the clash between traditional Japanese and modern western styles between the people they hire to build it.

Cast members include Naoki Tanaka (Iijima Naosuke, the husband), Akiko Yagi (Iijima Tamiko, the wife), Toshiaki Karasawa (Yanagisawa, the interior designer) and Kunie Tanaka (Tamiko's father, the builder).

The film was nominated for six Japanese Academy Awards. Naoki Tanaka and Akiko Yagi were named as Newcomers of the Year; Tanaka also won the Most Popular Performer prize.

Plot

Naosuke and Tamiko are a happily married couple, and have just bought some land in the countryside to build their new house on. They ask Yanagisawa, Tamiko's junior at university and an interior designer to design it. However, because he is not a qualified architect, they need someone else to apply for consent and built it. They ask Tamiko's father, a builder, to do this.

Yanagisawa is a modernist, influenced by American architecture; Tamako's father is a traditionalist. The two soon come into conflict over the design of the house. After many disagreements, they eventually start to understand each other's way of thinking. The house is successfully completed.

External links

• Minna no Ie at IMDb