My Second Brother (1959)

Drama

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

Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
Yoshiko, eldest sister
Koichi, Nianchan
Sueko, younger sister
Goro Mitamura
Hemmi Gengoro

Crew

Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Art Direction
Assistant Director
Screenplay
Lighting Director
Sound Recordist