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Name: My Neighbors the Yamadas
Director: Isao Takahata
Genre: animation, comedy, family
Released: 1999
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 7.1

My Neighbors the Yamadas has an iRankMovies score of 73.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん

The safety of family is the wish of the world.

Release:1999

Runtime:1h 44m

Country:Japan

Director:Isao Takahata

Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationComedyFamily

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Keywords

SurrealismMiddle ClassDysfunctional FamilyBased On MangaUrban SettingGrandmotherJapanese FamilyHaiku

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My Neighbors the Yamadas rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 17K votes

Rotten Tomatoes78%

Metacritic75%

TMDb7/10· 608 votes

With 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 75/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About My Neighbors the Yamadas

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.

Cast of My Neighbors the Yamadas

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Hayato Isohata
as Noboru Yamada (voice)
M
Masako Araki
as Shige Yamano (voice)
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Naomi Uno
as Nonoko Yamada (voice)
Toru Masuoka
as Takashi Yamada (voice)
Yukiji Asaoka
as Matsuko Yamada (voice)
Akiko Yano
as Teacher Fujihara (voice)
K
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)

My Neighbors the Yamadas facts

Original title: ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん
Budget: $15.3M
Box office: $11.9M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Quirky humor captures authentic family dysfunction with heartfelt observational comedy
•Unique watercolor animation style creates visually distinctive and charming aesthetic
•Episodic structure allows multiple vignettes exploring universal family relationship dynamics

What the audience disliked

•Loose narrative structure may confuse viewers expecting traditional three-act storytelling
•Quiet pacing emphasizes slice-of-life moments over dramatic plot propulsion consistently