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 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. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.6/10 | |
Released: | August 19, 1953 | |
Runtime: | 86 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | Daiei Film | |
Cast: | Machiko Kyô Masayuki Mori Yoshiko Kuga Yûji Hori | |
Crew: | Yôko Mizuki Saisei Murô Mikio Naruse | |
Matteus : this is gonna be on my mind all week.