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My Second Brother (1959) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1959 · 101 mins · Japanese
- Directed by
- Shôhei Imamura
- Starring
- Taiji Tonoyama, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kō Nishimura, Yoshio Ōmori, Shinsuke Ashida, Kayo Matsuo
Set in a destitute mining town, the film follows four orphaned children as they navigate daily hardship. Based on a best‑selling novel drawn from the diary of a ten‑year‑old Zainichi (ethnic Korean‑Japanese) girl, it is one of the first movies to explore Zainichi identity and the community’s struggles in contemporary Japan.
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