Drama · Japan · 1959 · 1h 57m

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

キクとイサム

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan poster

Director

Cast

Emiko Takahashi as Kiku Kawada George Okunoyama as Isamu Kawada Tanie Kitabayashi as Grandma Shigeko Koji Kiyomura as Seijiro Aiko Asahina as Kimie Kōji Mitsui as Shopkeeper

Crew

Shunichirō Nakao — Director of Photography Akikazu Kono — Editor Masao Oki — Original Music Composer Yōko Mizuki — Screenplay

Synopsis

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.

Key Collaborators

Tadashi Imai Director Shunichirō Nakao Director of Photography Akikazu Kono Editor Masao Oki Original Music Composer Yōko Mizuki Screenplay

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