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My Second Brother

64% | Oct 28, 1959 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Shōhei Imamura
Director
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor

Cast

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Hiroyuki Nagato
Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
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Kayo Matsuo
Yoshiko, eldest sister
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Takeshi Okimura
Koichi, Nianchan
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Akiko Maeda
Sueko, younger sister
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Kō Nishimura
Goro Mitamura

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