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Brother and Sister (1976)

Brother and Sister poster
Original title
あにいもうと
Directed by
Tadashi Imai
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A brother and sister deal with family tensions and personal struggles in 1930s Japan. The story shows how their relationship is tested by hardship and societal expectations.

melancholicfamily-dramaemotionaltenseclassicsadreflective

What happens

Brother and Sister (あにいもうと, Ani Imōto) is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It is the second remake of the award-winning 1935 novel of the same name by Saisei Murō. The original film version, directed by Sotoji Kimura, was released in 1936, and the first remake, directed by Mikio Naruse and starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyo, was released in 1953. It won Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 5th International Film Festival of India. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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