My Second Brother (1959)
1h 41m · 28 Oct 1959
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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.
| Movie ID | 25978 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Shōhei Imamura |
| Main cast | Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura, Akiko Maeda, Kō Nishimura, Yoshio Ōmori, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinsuke Ashida |
| Release date | 28 October 1959 |
| Release year | 1959 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Duration | 101 min (1h 41m) |
| Rating | 6.6 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | Nikkatsu Corporation |
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Writers: Shōhei Imamura, Ichirō Ikeda
Top cast
Hiroyuki NagatoKiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
Kayo MatsuoYoshiko, eldest sister
Takeshi OkimuraKoichi, Nianchan
Akiko MaedaSueko, younger sister
Kō NishimuraGoro Mitamura
Yoshio ŌmoriSeki
Taiji TonoyamaHemmi Gengoro
Shinsuke AshidaSakai
Tanie Kitabayashi
Hideo Fukuhara
Chigusa Takayama
Hitoshi Takagi
Keiko Tanaka
Shoichi Ozawa
Yoshiko Maki
Imari Tsuji
Jun Hamamura
Hisano Yamaoka
Hideji Ōtaki
Akemi Kayo
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