Yoshida Daihachi's first film towers above a long list of off-key Japanese comedies that gained popularity in the late '00, 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 (Sato Eriko) is a failed twenty-something actress, arriving late to her own parents' funeral, the brother (Nagase Masatoshi) has an abusive relationship with his cheery and much put-upon web-order bride (Nagasaku Hiromi), and the youngest sister (Satsukawa Aimi) is drawing a manga based on the family's 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.