My Second Brother

My Second Brother
My Second Brother
Directed by	Shōhei Imamura
Written by	Ichirō Ikeda; Shohei Imamura; Sueko Yasumoto (book);
Starring	Hiroyuki Nagato; Kayo Matsuo;
Cinematography	Shinsaku Himeda
Edited by	Mutsuo Tanji
Music by	Toshiro Mayuzumi
Production; company	Nikkatsu
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	October 28, 1959 (Japan);
Running time	101 minutes
Language	Japanese

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.

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.

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

1 2 "にあんちゃん (My Second Brother)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
↑ "にあんちゃん (My Second Brother)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
↑ "にあんちゃん (My Second Brother)" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
↑ 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.

External links

My Second Brother at IMDb
Lie, John. "Zainichi Recognitions: Japan's Korean Residents' Ideology and Its Discontents". The Asia-Pacific Journal. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[kinenote-1] 1 2 "にあんちゃん (My Second Brother)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[jmdb-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.

[Jacoby-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.