Ani imôto (Older Brother, Younger Sister)

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william d There were some good dramatic bits at the end, but mostly this movie kind of drags. It didn't do much for me. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Another striking family melodrama from the golden age of Japanese cinema by Mikio Naruse. Not one of his established classics, but still a cut above. Here Machiko Kyo plays a young woman who falls pregnant out of wedlock, with the father nowhere to be seen. The baby is stillborn and Kyo becomes a woman of low reputation. This has strong effects on her younger sister, a good girl who wishes to be similarly independent, and her older brother, a moralistic roughneck played strikingly out-of-character by Masayuki Mori. No real plot to speak of, but Naruse establishes the rural setting with beautiful cutaway shots, develops his characters efficiently, and lets them act. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews

Ani imôto (Older Brother, Younger Sister)

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