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Older Brother, Younger Sister
Older Brother, Younger Sister
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OLDER BROTHER, YOUNGER SISTER

Ani imôto

Directed by Mikio Naruse
Japan, 1953
Drama

Synopsis

It’s bad enough for a domineering rural dad to realize his family survives on the money from Mom’s riverside tea stall and that his son, erstwhile classy intellectual Masayuki Mori, is turning into a tattooed brawler. But then eldest daughter Machiko Kyo returns from the city pregnant.

Synopsis

It’s bad enough for a domineering rural dad to realize his family survives on the money from Mom’s riverside tea stall and that his son, erstwhile classy intellectual Masayuki Mori, is turning into a tattooed brawler. But then eldest daughter Machiko Kyo returns from the city pregnant.