My Second Brother

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My Second Brother
Directed byShōhei Imamura
Written by
  • Ichirō Ikeda
  • Shohei Imamura
  • Sueko Yasumoto (book)
Starring
CinematographyShinsaku Himeda
Edited byMutsuo Tanji
Music byToshiro Mayuzumi
Production
company
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • October 28, 1959 (1959-10-28) (Japan)
[1][2]
Running time
101 minutes
LanguageJapanese

My Second Brother (にあんちゃん, Nianchan) is a 1959 Japanese drama film by Shōhei Imamura. The screenplay is based on the diary of ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) Sueko Yasumoto, which became a bestseller upon publication.[1][3]

Plot

The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town.

Cast

Reception

Film scholar Alexander Jacoby called My Second Brother an "uncharacteristically tender film" for the director.[4]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "にあんちゃん (My Second Brother)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "にあんちゃん (My Second Brother)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ "にあんちゃん (My Second Brother)" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 65–68. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.

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