Watch My Second Brother (1959) Official Trailer
6.6 / 10 IMDb October 28, 1959 1h 41m
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
Runtime
1h 41m
Release Date
October 28, 1959
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Languages
Japanese
Country
Japan
Cast
Hiroyuki Nagato
as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
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
Kō Nishimura
as Goro Mitamura
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Yoshio Ōmori
as Seki
Taiji Tonoyama
as Hemmi Gengoro
Shinsuke Ashida
as Sakai
Tanie Kitabayashi
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Hideo Fukuhara
Chigusa Takayama
Hitoshi Takagi
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Keiko Tanaka
Shoichi Ozawa
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Yoshiko Maki
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Imari Tsuji
Jun Hamamura
Hisano Yamaoka
Hideji Ōtaki
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Akemi Kayo
Production Companies
Nikkatsu CorporationAdvertisement
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