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My Second Brother (1959)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 41M

Director : Shôhei Imamura
Writer : Ichirô Ikeda, Shôhei Imamura

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Shôhei Imamura
Shôhei Imamura
Director
Sueko Yasumoto
Sueko Yasumoto
Novel
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Shinsaku Himeda
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Mutsuo Tanji
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
Kimihiko Nakamura
Kimihiko Nakamura
Art Direction
Kirio Urayama
Kirio Urayama
Assistant Director
Ichirô Ikeda
Ichirô Ikeda
Screenplay
Shôhei Imamura
Shôhei Imamura
Screenplay
Yasuo Iwaki
Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Director
Fumio Hashimoto
Fumio Hashimoto
Sound Recordist

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