My Second Brother Poster

My Second Brother 1959

β˜… 6.47 votes101 minπŸ“… 1959-10-28

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.

Director: Shōhei Imamura

Cast

Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
Kayo Matsuo
Kayo Matsuo
Yoshiko, eldest sister
Takeshi Okimura
Koichi, Nianchan
Akiko Maeda
Sueko, younger sister
Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Goro Mitamura
Yoshio Ōmori
Seki
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Hemmi Gengoro
Shinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida
Sakai
Tanie Kitabayashi
Tanie Kitabayashi
Hideo Fukuhara