Ani to sono imoto (1939)

Original title

兄とその妹

Directed by

Yasujirō Shimazu

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman moves in with her older brother after a family tragedy. Their relationship is strained as they adjust to living together.

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What happens

A Brother and His Younger Sister (Japanese: 兄とその妹, Hepburn: Ani to sono imoto), also titled An Older Brother and His Younger Sister, is a 1939 Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Yasujirō Shimazu. Together with Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934), it is regarded as one of Shimazu's major films, and a representative of the shōshimin-eiga genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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