Brother and Sister
7.3
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
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Cast
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Machiko Kyō
Mon
Known for
Rashomon
Ugetsu
Masayuki Mori
Inokichi
Known for
Rashomon
Ugetsu
Yoshiko Kuga
San
Known for
Good Morning
Equinox Flower
Yūji Hori
Taiichi
Known for
Miss Oyu
Eiji Funakoshi
Kobata
Known for
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Fires on the Plain
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Known for
Drunken Angel
Stray Dog
Kumeko Urabe
Riki - the Mother
Known for
Ikiru
Hachiko
Mantarō Ushio
Kanichi
Known for
Fires on the Plain
Floating Weeds
Kenichi Miyajima
Known for
The Quiet Duel
There Was a Father
Kanji Kawara
Known for
There Was a Father
Zenji Yamada
Toyogorô
Known for
A Colt is My Passport
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Noriko Honma
Known for
Rashomon
Stray Dog
Mikio Naruse Director · Yōko Mizuki Screenplay Saisei Murô Author
First release August 19, 1953 · Produced in Japan · Production Daiei Tokyo Daini
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Daiei Tokyo Daini
Production
Japan
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Original title
あにいもうと
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 19, 1953
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
May 12, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Mikio Naruse (Moscow)
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