My Second Brother
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a 1959 Japanese drama film by Shōhei Imamura. The screenplay is based on the diary of ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) Sueko Yasumoto, which became a bestseller upon publication.[1][3]
Plot
The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town.
Cast
- Hiroyuki Nagato as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
- Kayo Matsuo as Yoshiko, eldest sister
- Takeshi Okimura as Kōichi, second brother
- Akiko Maeda as Sueko, younger sister
- Kō Nishimura as Gorō Mitamura
- Yoshio Ōmori as Seki
- Toshio Takahara as shop assistant (bicycle shop)
- Taiji Tonoyama as Gengorō Henmi
- Shinsuke Ashida as Sakai
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Kanako Hori
- Shōichi Ozawa as Haruo Kanayama
- Natsuko Kahara as Kanako's mother
Reception
Film scholar Alexander Jacoby called My Second Brother an "uncharacteristically tender film" for the director.[4]
Awards
- Mainichi Film Award – Best Supporting Actress (Kanako Hori), Best Sound (Fumio Hashimoto)
- Blue Ribbon Awards – Best Actor (Hiroyuki Nagato), Best Supporting Actor (Shōichi Ozawa)
References
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- 1959 films
- 1959 drama films
- Japanese drama films
- Japanese black-and-white films
- Films directed by Shohei Imamura
- Nikkatsu films
- Films with screenplays by Ichirô Ikeda
- 1950s Japanese films
- Films scored by Toshiro Mayuzumi
- Films about Zainichi Korean people
- 1950s Japanese-language films