My Second Brother

Name: My Second Brother
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Genre: Drama
Released: 1959-10-28
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura, Akiko Maeda, Kō Nishimura

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1959 · 101 min · Drama · TMDB 6.6/10

Overview

The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi identity and struggles in Japan.

Directed by Shōhei Imamura

Cast

Hiroyuki Nagato — Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
Kayo Matsuo — Yoshiko, eldest sister
Takeshi Okimura — Koichi, Nianchan
Akiko Maeda — Sueko, younger sister
Kō Nishimura — Goro Mitamura