My Second Brother
6.9
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.
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Cast
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Hiroyuki Nagato
Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
Known for
Pigs and Battleships
The Insect Woman
Kayo Matsuo
Yoshiko, eldest sister
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Shogun Assassin
Shōhei Imamura
Known for
2009: Lost Memories
Ichirō Ikeda
Takeshi Okimura
Koichi, Nianchan
Also in
Ah Special Attack Corps
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Akiko Maeda
Sueko, younger sister
No other roles listed
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Sueko Yasumoto
Kō Nishimura
Goro Mitamura
Known for
Yojimbo
Intentions of Murder
Shinsaku Himeda
Yoshio Ōmori
Seki
Also in
All My Children
The Shiinomi School
Kirio Urayama
Also in
Taro the Dragon Boy
Shōhei Imamura Director · Ichirō Ikeda Screenplay Sueko Yasumoto Author
First release October 28, 1959 · Produced in Japan · Original title にあんちゃん
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
にあんちゃん
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 28, 1959
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 1, 1960 · Berlin International Film Festival
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