My Second Brother

Year: 1959

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Shôhei Imamura

Drama

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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