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
- 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.[4]
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
- ^ a b "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.