My Second Brother

Shōhei Imamura
1959-10-28


6.4
101 min

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.

Cast

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