Older Brother, Younger Sister

Older Brother, Younger Sister (あにいもうと, Ani Imōto) is a 1953 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse. The film is based on the short story "Ani imōto" (Brother and Sister) by Saisei Murō. The story has been translated into English by Edward Seidensticker and is available in the anthology "Modern Japanese Stories".

Older Brother, Younger Sister
Japanese film poster
Directed byMikio Naruse
Produced byNobuo Miura
Written bySaisei Murō (short story)
Yōko Mizuki (screenplay)
StarringMachiko Kyō
Masayuki Mori
Yoshiko Kuga
Music byIchirō Saitō
CinematographyShigeyoshi Mine
Edited byToyo Suzuki
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
  • 19 August 1953 (1953-08-19) (Japan)[1]
Running time
86 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

Reception

Keith Uhlich of Slant gave the film 3.5/4 stars.

gollark: You can shorten it to ne-blu-a.
gollark: * neblua
gollark: The school thing, I mean. My internet connection broke.
gollark: Otter, otter madnes.
gollark: Wait, school in late August? Madness.

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


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