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My Second Brother

6.619591h 41mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorShōhei Imamura
WritersShōhei Imamura·Ichirō Ikeda

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Cast · Directed by Shōhei Imamura

HNHiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
KMKayo Matsuo
Kayo Matsuo
Yoshiko, eldest sister
TO
Takeshi Okimura
Koichi, Nianchan
AM
Akiko Maeda
Sueko, younger sister
KNKō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Goro Mitamura
YŌ
Yoshio Ōmori
Seki
TTTaiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Hemmi Gengoro
SAShinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida
Sakai
TKTanie Kitabayashi
Tanie Kitabayashi
HF
Hideo Fukuhara
CTChigusa Takayama
Chigusa Takayama
HTHitoshi Takagi
Hitoshi Takagi

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