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My Second Brother (1959)

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.

Release: 1959-10-28
Runtime: 101 min
Rating: 6.4 / 10
Cast
Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
Kayo Matsuo
Kayo Matsuo
Yoshiko, eldest sister
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Takeshi Okimura
Koichi, Nianchan
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Akiko Maeda
Sueko, younger sister
Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Goro Mitamura
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Yoshio Ōmori
Seki
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Hemmi Gengoro
Shinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida
Sakai
Tanie Kitabayashi
Tanie Kitabayashi
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Hideo Fukuhara
Chigusa Takayama
Chigusa Takayama
Hitoshi Takagi
Hitoshi Takagi
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Keiko Tanaka
Shoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
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Yoshiko Maki
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Imari Tsuji
Jun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
Hisano Yamaoka
Hisano Yamaoka