Drama · Japan · 1959 · 1h 41m

My Second Brother

にあんちゃん

My Second Brother poster
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Cast
Hiroyuki Nagato as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother Kayo Matsuo as Yoshiko, eldest sister Takeshi Okimura as Koichi, Nianchan Akiko Maeda as Sueko, younger sister Kō Nishimura as Goro Mitamura Yoshio Ōmori as Seki
Crew
Shinsaku Himeda — Director of Photography Mutsuo Tanji — Editor Toshirō Mayuzumi — Original Music Composer Ichirō Ikeda — Screenplay Shōhei Imamura — Screenplay Sueko Yasumoto — Novel
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.

Key Collaborators
Shōhei Imamura Director Shinsaku Himeda Director of Photography Mutsuo Tanji Editor Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer Ichirō Ikeda Screenplay Shōhei Imamura Screenplay Sueko Yasumoto Novel
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