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My Second Brother (1959)

★ 6.4/10 101 min Drama Japan Japanese
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
Kayo Matsuo
Kayo Matsuo Yoshiko, eldest sister
Takeshi Okimura Koichi, Nianchan
Akiko Maeda Sueko, younger sister
Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura Goro Mitamura
Yoshio Ōmori Seki
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama Hemmi Gengoro
Shinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida Sakai

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