My Second Brother (1959)
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.
Director:
Shōhei Imamura
Writers:
Ichirō Ikeda, Shōhei Imamura.
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Hiroyuki Nagato as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother |
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Kayo Matsuo as Yoshiko, eldest sister |
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Takeshi Okimura as Koichi, Nianchan |
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Akiko Maeda as Sueko, younger sister |
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Kō Nishimura as Goro Mitamura |
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Yoshio Ōmori as Seki |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Hemmi Gengoro |
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Shinsuke Ashida as Sakai |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as |
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Hideo Fukuhara as |
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Chigusa Takayama as |
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Hitoshi Takagi as |
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Keiko Tanaka as |
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Shoichi Ozawa as |
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Yoshiko Maki as |
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Imari Tsuji as |
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Jun Hamamura as |
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Hisano Yamaoka as |
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Hideji Ōtaki as |
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Akemi Kayo as |
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Nobuo Kawakami as |
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Bumon Kahara as |
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Kōjirō Kusanagi as |
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Michio Hino as |
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Takanobu Hozumi as |
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki as |
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Teruko Kishi as |
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Hideaki Nitani as |
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Someshō Matsumoto as |
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Toshio Takahara as |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Writing | Sueko Yasumoto | Novel |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mutsuo Tanji | Editor |
| Art | Kimihiko Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Directing | Kirio Urayama | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Ichirō Ikeda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Yasuo Iwaki | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Fumio Hashimoto | Sound Recordist |