My Second Brother (1959)

10/28/1959 (JP) • 1h 41m

Drama

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.

Top Billed 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

Taiji Tonoyama

Hemmi Gengoro


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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