A Family (2021)

A Family (2021) poster

A Family (ヤクザと家族 The Family, also known in English as Yakuza and the Family) is a Japanese crime drama directed by Michihito Fujii, released in Japan on 29 January 2021. Go Ayano plays Kenji Yamamoto, a drifter who becomes the sworn son of the yakuza boss Hiroshi Shibasaki (Hiroshi Tachi), and the film follows the Shibasaki-gumi through three periods, 1999, 2005 and 2019. Yukiya Kitamura plays the lieutenant Tsutomu Nakamura, Kosuke Toyohara the rival boss Masatoshi Kato, and Hayato Ichihara co-stars. (IMDb; TMDB)

Watches

Patek Philippe Calatrava 3998

Worn by Hiroshi Tachi as Hiroshi Shibasaki. Housekihiroba, the Shibuya dealer that supplied the film's watches, records that Hiroshi Tachi wore a Patek Philippe Calatrava, Ref. 3998, as Hiroshi Shibasaki, head of the Shibasaki-gumi: a 34 mm self-winding dress watch with a date window. The film follows the family through 1999, 2005 and 2019, and the record does not say in which period either of Tachi's two watches appears, or give the metal. (Housekihiroba)

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Breguet Héritage 5480BB/12/996

Worn by Hiroshi Tachi as Hiroshi Shibasaki. The same record lists a second watch for Tachi's Shibasaki: a Breguet Héritage Tonneau Cambré Grande Date, Ref. 5480BB/12/996, the white gold barrel-shaped case with a silvered engine-turned dial, a twin-window date at twelve and small seconds at six. Which of the film's three periods it belongs to is not stated. (Housekihiroba)

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Rolex Datejust 116234

Worn by Go Ayano as Kenji Yamamoto. Go Ayano's Kenji Yamamoto, the drifter Shibasaki takes in as a sworn son, wears a Rolex Datejust that the lending dealer Housekihiroba lists as 116234G: the 36 mm steel case with a white gold fluted bezel, the "G" being the Japanese trade's suffix for a dial with ten diamond hour markers. The record names neither the dial colour nor the period of the story. (Housekihiroba)

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Franck Muller Long Island 1000SCD

Worn by Kosuke Toyohara as Masatoshi Kato. Kosuke Toyohara plays Masatoshi Kato, chairman of the rival Kyoyo-kai, and Housekihiroba's loan record gives him a Franck Muller Long Island, Ref. 1000SCD, the large automatic rectangle with a diamond-set bezel. The dealer has sold the reference in both white and yellow gold and does not say which was lent. (Housekihiroba)

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Rolex Submariner 16613

Worn by Yukiya Kitamura as Tsutomu Nakamura. Yukiya Kitamura's Tsutomu Nakamura, the Shibasaki-gumi lieutenant who rises to underboss, is credited with two Rolex Submariner Dates in Housekihiroba's loan record. The first is the two-tone Ref. 16613, steel with a yellow gold bezel, crown and centre links; the record does not say whether the dial was blue or black, or which of the film's periods it dresses. (Housekihiroba)

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Rolex Submariner 16610

Worn by Yukiya Kitamura as Tsutomu Nakamura. The second Submariner Date the lending dealer lists for Kitamura's Nakamura is the all-steel Ref. 16610, the black-dial diver that the two-tone 16613 was built alongside. Housekihiroba's record does not say which of the film's three periods either watch belongs to. (Housekihiroba)

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