A Brother and His Sister
1956, Japanese. Directed by Shūe Matsubayashi.
In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings because he plays go, or a Japanese version of chess, with his boss. The wife and sister are unhappy about this. The man's co-worker advises him to stop the late evenings out with the boss, but the man cares less. His sister works at a foreign firm and speaks English. When a man who had earlier visited her workplace returns and asks her out for dinner, she rejects him by lying about a husband. He had made impolite comments about her in English during his earlier visit not realizing she understands him.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 19 September 1956
- Original title
- 兄とその妹
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yasujirō Shimazu
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A Brother and His Sister runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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Who directed A Brother and His Sister?
A Brother and His Sister (1956) was directed by Shūe Matsubayashi and stars Ryō Ikebe, Setsuko Hara, Yōko Tsukasa.