Older Brother, Younger Sister
Older Brother, Younger Sister | |
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Japanese name | |
Kanji | あにいもうと |
Directed by | Saisei Murō (short story) |
Produced by | Nobuo Miura |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Shigeyoshi Mine |
Edited by | Toyo Suzuki |
Music by | Ichirō Saitō |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date | |
Running time | 87 minutes[1][2] |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Older Brother, Younger Sister (あにいもうと, Ani imōto) is a 1953 Japanese
Plot
Mon, the elder daughter of a rural family, returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with college student Kobata. Her parents fear a scandal that might threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San. Also, Mon, as the film suggests, supports San's education by prostitution, as the father's business had to close down and the mother hardly manages to finance the family by running a small store. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of a disciplinarian, first beating up Kobata when he visits the family to apologise, and later Mon. Still, Mon forgives him and returns to the capital.
Cast
- Machiko Kyō as Mon
- Masayuki Mori as Inokichi
- Yoshiko Kuga as San
- Eiji Funakoshi as Kobata
- Kumeko Urabe as Riki, the mother
- Reizaburō Yamamoto as Akaza, the father
Reception
Six years after the film's premiere, film historian
Literary source
First published in 1934, Saisei Murō's short story Ani imōto had won the Bungei Konwakai Award. It had been adapted for the screen the first time in 1936 by Sotoji Kimura[6] and again in 1976 by Tadashi Imai. The story has been translated into English by Edward Seidensticker and is available in the anthology Modern Japanese Stories.
Legacy
Older Brother, Younger Sister was screened at the
References
- ^ a b c "あにいもうと (Older Brother, Younger Sister)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "あにいもうと (Older Brother, Younger Sister)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. pp. 195–196.
- ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
- ^ Uhlich, Keith (6 November 2005). "Older Brother, Younger Sister review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-8445-7679-1.
- ^ "Mikio Naruse: A Master of the Japanese Cinema Opens at MoMA September 23" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Frère et sœur". Cinémathèque Française (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
External links
- Older Brother, Younger Sister at IMDb
- "Older Brother, Younger Sister". A Mikio Naruse Companion. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2021.