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<\/a><\/p>\nYoshida\u2019s first film towers above a long list of off-key Japanese comedies that gained popularity in the late \u201900, combining the weird, the whimsical, the wry and the most warped sense of humor you can ever conceive, even by Japanese standards. Step-siblings are thrown together in death and debt, after their parents are killed in a freak road accident trying to save a black cat sitting in the middle of a road. The eldest daughter (Eriko Sato) is a failed twenty-something actress, arriving late to her own parents\u2019 funeral, the brother (Masatoshi Nagase) has an abusive relationship with his cheery and much put-upon web-order bride (Hiromi Nagasaku), and the youngest sister (Aimi Satsukawa) is drawing a manga based on the family\u2019s misfortunse. Suicide, seduction, prostitution, persecution, outrageous bitchiness collide with nonchalant abandon. Colorful and attractive cinematography belie a dark dramatic underbelly, and Yoshida achieves a brilliant balancing act between a nasty and mean-spirited story and impeccable comic timing.<\/p>\n