My Second Brother

Name: My Second Brother
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Released: 1959
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura, Akiko Maeda, Kô Nishimura

1959 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 273 VOTES · DIR. Shōhei Imamura

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,434 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:28 right after the second world war

00:06:49 There must be something

00:11:28 You asshole

00:14:25 It's so weary of you

00:16:48 I will talk to the president about your sister

00:20:57 I am Kiichi Yasumoto

00:25:45 Fool

00:28:40 But the company has no choice now

00:33:13 Let's have a fight

00:36:52 Good, lie down

00:41:27 Only now

00:45:02 You see, I have got them all for you

00:48:18 Are you still fine?

00:51:26 There is no epidemic here

00:54:04 Things have passed so long ago

01:00:23 Hurry up

01:04:01 Since Big Brother has no job

01:08:08 This is the expenses I pay in advance

01:14:38 Only once

01:18:49 He'll be right back

01:23:04 I can't sell it so cheaply

01:28:09 They want those with experience

01:32:22 I don't want these money

01:37:15 Tokyo is wonderful

Cast & Characters

Hiroyuki Nagato Kiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother Kayo Matsuo Yoshiko, eldest sister Takeshi Okimura Koichi, Nianchan Akiko Maeda Sueko, younger sister Kô Nishimura Goro Mitamura Yoshio Ômori Seki Taiji Tonoyama Hemmi Gengoro Shinsuke Ashida Sakai Tanie Kitabayashi Hamae Enoki

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,434

Dialogue density14.2 lines / min

First line00:00:28

Final line01:37:15

Production Record

DirectorShōhei Imamura

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes273