Stepbrothers (1957)
1h 50m
Running Time
June 25, 1957Release Date
Plot.
In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946. Winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
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Cast & Crew.
Rentaro Mikuni
Hantaro Kido
Katsuo Nakamura
Tomohide, the fourth son of Kido
Kinuyo Tanaka
Rie, Kido's second wife
Hizuru Takachiho
Haru, beloved of Tomohide
Chōko Iida
Masu
Kôji Nanbara
Yoshitoshi, the third son of Kido
Miyoji Ieki
Director
Hiroshi Kondō
Kojiro, second son of Kido
Nobuyoshi Terada
Writer
Shouichi Nishida
Ichirojo, Kido's eldest son
Yoshikata Yoda
Writer
Seiichiro Sakaeda
Producer
Tomo'o Nagai
The regimental commander
Yasushi Akutagawa
Composer
Ton Shimada
Ōta
Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography
Details.
Wiki.
Stepbrothers (Japanese: 異母兄弟, Hepburn: Ibo kyōdai) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Miyoji Ieki. The screenplay by Nobuyoshi Terada and Yoshikata Yoda is based on the novel of the same name by Torahiko Tamiya.