My Second Brother

My Second Brother (1959)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1959-10-28
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Shōhei Imamura
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Summary

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.

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  • Hiroyuki Nagato

    as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother

  • Kayo Matsuo

    as Yoshiko, eldest sister

  • Takeshi Okimura

    as Koichi, Nianchan

  • Akiko Maeda

    as Sueko, younger sister

  • Kō Nishimura

    as Goro Mitamura

  • Yoshio Ōmori

    as Seki

  • Taiji Tonoyama

    as Hemmi Gengoro

  • Shinsuke Ashida

    as Sakai
Directing Shōhei Imamura Director
Writing Sueko Yasumoto Novel
Sound Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer
Camera Shinsaku Himeda Director of Photography
Editing Mutsuo Tanji Editor
Art Kimihiko Nakamura Art Direction
Directing Kirio Urayama Assistant Director
Writing Ichirō Ikeda Screenplay
Writing Shōhei Imamura Screenplay
Lighting Yasuo Iwaki Lighting Director
Sound Fumio Hashimoto Sound Recordist

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