My Second Brother (1959)

October. 28,1959

6.9

| Drama

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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.

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Hiroyuki Nagato as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother

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Kayo Matsuo as Yoshiko, eldest sister

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Reviews

TrueJoshNight

1959/10/28

Truly Dreadful Film

Smartorhypo

1959/10/29

Highly Overrated But Still Good

LouHomey

1959/10/30

From my favorite movies..

Scarlet

1959/10/31

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

My Second Brother (1959)

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