A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.
Social & External
The people behind it
Fumio Watanabe
Father
Akiko Koyama
Stepmother
Tetsuo Abe
Boy
Takeshi Kinoshota
Younger Brother
Yun Yun-Do
Victim (uncredited)
LoLo Cannon
(uncredited)
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