My Second Brother
{{Infobox film
| name = My Second Brother
| image =
| caption =
| director = Shōhei Imamura
| producer =
| writer = {{ubl|Ichirō Ikeda|Shohei Imamura|Sueko Yasumoto (book)}}
| starring = {{ubl|Hiroyuki Nagato|Kayo Matsuo}}
| music = Toshiro Mayuzumi
| cinematography = Shinsaku Himeda
| editing = Mutsuo Tanji
| studio = Nikkatsu
| distributor = Nikkatsu
| released = {{Film date|1959|10|28|Japan}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=26425 |title=にあんちゃん (My Second Brother) |publisher=Kinenote |language=ja |access-date=4 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1959/ci004710.htm |title=にあんちゃん (My Second Brother) |publisher=Japanese Movie Database |language=ja |access-date=4 August 2021}}
| runtime = 101 minutes
| language = Japanese
}}
{{nihongo|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.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%AB%E3%81%82%E3%82%93%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93-727574 |title=にあんちゃん (My Second Brother) |publisher=Kotobank |language=ja |access-date=4 August 2021}}
Plot
The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town.
Cast
- Hiroyuki Nagato as Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
- Kayo Matsuo as Yoshiko, eldest sister
- Takeshi Okimura as Kōichi, second brother
- Akiko Maeda as Sueko, younger sister
- Kō Nishimura as Gorō Mitamura
- Yoshio Ōmori as Seki
- Toshio Takahara as shop assistant (bicycle shop)
- Taiji Tonoyama as Gengorō Henmi
- Shinsuke Ashida as Sakai
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Kanako Hori
- Shōichi Ozawa as Haruo Kanayama
- Natsuko Kahara as Kanako's mother
Reception
Film scholar Alexander Jacoby called My Second Brother an "uncharacteristically tender film" for the director.{{cite book|last=Jacoby |first=Alexander |date=2008 |title=Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day |location=Berkeley |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |pages=65–68 |isbn=978-1-933330-53-2}}
Awards
- Mainichi Film Award – Best Supporting Actress (Kanako Hori), Best Sound (Fumio Hashimoto)
- Blue Ribbon Awards – Best Actor (Hiroyuki Nagato), Best Supporting Actor (Shōichi Ozawa)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0053111}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.japanfocus.org/-John-Lie/2939 |first=John |last=Lie |title=Zainichi Recognitions: Japan's Korean Residents' Ideology and Its Discontents |website=The Asia-Pacific Journal |access-date=4 August 2021}}
{{Shōhei Imamura}}
Category:Japanese black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Shohei Imamura
Category:Films with screenplays by Ichirô Ikeda
Category:Films scored by Toshiro Mayuzumi
Category:Films about Zainichi Korean people
Category:1950s Japanese-language films
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