My Second Brother

1h 41m

6.4

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

Hiroyuki Nagato

Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother

Yoshiko, eldest sister

Takeshi Okimura

Koichi, Nianchan

Sueko, younger sister

Shinsuke Ashida

Crew

Shōhei Imamura

Director, Screenplay

Shinsaku Himeda

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Fumio Hashimoto

Sound Recordist

Lighting Director

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

Kimihiko Nakamura