My Second Brother

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MOVIE

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.

Original Title

にあんちゃん

Release Date

1959-10-28

Year

1959

Duration

1h 41m

Status

Released

Score

6.40

Genres

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