My Second Brother

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

101 minutes

Year:

1959

Director:

Shōhei Imamura

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Company:

Nikkatsu Corporation

Cast:

Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother

Yoshiko, eldest sister

Koichi, Nianchan

Sueko, younger sister

Goro Mitamura

Crew:

Director

Editor

Art Direction

Novel

Original Music Composer