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  • Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953)
  • 86 min | Drama
Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953)
86 min | Drama

In Older Brother, Younger Sister, director Mikio Naruse's adaptation of an oft-filmed popular novel by Saisei Murô, the eldest daughter (Machiko Kyô) of a rural family comes home pregnant, testing some already tenuous family bonds. Naruse ...See moreIn Older Brother, Younger Sister, director Mikio Naruse's adaptation of an oft-filmed popular novel by Saisei Murô, the eldest daughter (Machiko Kyô) of a rural family comes home pregnant, testing some already tenuous family bonds. Naruse shows his considerable skill at portraying household dynamics, filming Kyô in relaxed and/or reclining positions (indicative of her character's exhaustively maintained independence) that are then intruded upon by her ill-tempered older brother (Masayuki Mori), whose initially comic, brute-force presence grows increasingly menacing and treacherous as the film progresses. See less
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Tôyô Suzuki (as Toyo Suzuki)
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Updated Aug 19, 1953

Release date
Oct 1984 (United States)

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24 cast members
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Masayuki Mori
Inokichi - the Brother Inokichi - the Brother   See fewer
Yûji Hori
Taiichi Taiichi   See fewer
Reizaburô Yamamoto
Akaza - the Father Akaza - the Father   See fewer
Kumeko Urabe
Riki - the Mother Riki - the Mother   See fewer
Mantarô Ushio
Kanichi Kanichi   See fewer
Ken'ichi Miyajima
Yoshizô Yoshizô   See fewer
Zenji Yamada
Toyogorô Toyogorô   See fewer
Noriko Honma
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Kan Takami
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Gai Harada
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Mieko Tsukushi
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Sachiko Meguro
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Yôko Mikawa
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Haruko Tani
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Yasuko Hanamura
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Wakayo Matsumura
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