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

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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