My Second Brother (1959)
1959 · 1h 41m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Writers: Sueko Yasumoto, Shōhei Imamura, Ichirō Ikeda
Music by: Toshirō Mayuzumi
Cinematography: Shinsaku Himeda
Editor: Mutsuo Tanji
Cast
Hiroyuki Nagato as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brotherKayo Matsuo as Yoshiko, eldest sisterTakeshi Okimura as Koichi, NianchanAkiko Maeda as Sueko, younger sisterKō Nishimura as Goro MitamuraYoshio Ōmori as SekiTaiji Tonoyama as Hemmi GengoroShinsuke Ashida as SakaiTanie KitabayashiHideo FukuharaChigusa TakayamaHitoshi TakagiMore like this
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