Older Brother, Younger Sister

Older Brother, Younger Sister

DVD cover for Older Brother, Younger Sister
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Produced by Nobuo Miura
Written by Saisei Murō (novel)
Yōko Mizuki (screenplay)
Starring Machiko Kyō
Masayuki Mori
Yoshiko Kuga
Music by Ichirō Saitō
Cinematography Shigeyoshi Mine
Editing by Toyo Suzuki
Distributed by Daiei Motion Picture
Release date(s) August 19, 1953 [1] (Japan)
Running time 86 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Older Brother, Younger Sister (あにいもうと Ani Imōto?) is a 1953 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse.

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Plot

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon (Machiko Kyō) returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata (Eiji Funakoshi), which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San (Yoshiko Kuga), in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi (Masayuki Mori), decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.

Cast

References

  1. ^ (Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1953/cc002110.htm accessed 13 May 2011

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