My Second Brother
1959, Japanese. Directed by Shōhei Imamura.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Hiroyuki NagatoKiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
- Kayo MatsuoYoshiko, eldest sister
- Takeshi OkimuraKoichi, Nianchan
- Akiko MaedaSueko, younger sister
- Kō NishimuraGoro Mitamura
- Yoshio ŌmoriSeki
- Taiji TonoyamaHemmi Gengoro
- Shinsuke AshidaSakai
- Tanie KitabayashiCast
- Hideo FukuharaCast
- Chigusa TakayamaCast
- Hitoshi TakagiCast
Details
- Released
- 28 October 1959
- Original title
- にあんちゃん
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shōhei Imamura, Ichirō Ikeda
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My Second Brother runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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My Second Brother isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 October 1959. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed My Second Brother?
My Second Brother (1959) was directed by Shōhei Imamura and stars Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura.