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My Second Brother

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.

1959 |1h 41m |  Drama

Cast

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Hiroyuki Nagato

Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother

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Kayo Matsuo

Yoshiko, eldest sister

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Kō Nishimura

Goro Mitamura

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Taiji Tonoyama

Hemmi Gengoro

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Shinsuke Ashida

Sakai

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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