My Second Brother

My Second Brother

64% | Oct 28, 1959 | 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.

Featured Cast

Shōhei Imamura
Director
Sueko Yasumoto
Novel

Cast

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

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