Movie

My Second Brother

Released: October 28, 1959 (1959)

Runtime: 101 minutes

Genres: Drama

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Yoshio Ōmori as Seki
Age at release: 50
Taiji Tonoyama as Hemmi Gengoro
Age at release: 44
Shinsuke Ashida as Sakai
Age at release: 42
Kō Nishimura as Goro Mitamura
Age at release: 36
Hiroyuki Nagato as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
Age at release: 25
Kayo Matsuo as Yoshiko, eldest sister
Age at release: 16
Takeshi Okimura as Koichi, Nianchan
Age at release: Unknown
Akiko Maeda as Sueko, younger sister
Age at release: Unknown