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Older Brother, Younger Sister

2018 · 97 min Drama Family
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

The Akazas are a blue-collar family living in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo. Older brother Inosuke is a carpenter who works for his father Shinobu's construction business. Younger sister Momoko is a truckdriver. Passions run high in the Akaza household and the two siblings are constantly bickering. One day, Momoko reveals she had a miscarriage but refuses to say who the father is.

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Original Title あにいもうと
Year 2018
Country Japan
Genre Drama, Family
Director Makoto Kiyohiro
Runtime 97 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (1 votes)

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The director constructs the narrative on the juxtaposition of loud familial clashes and the heavy silence that follows the central confession. He explores the unspoken through the texture of everyday life—weary glances, the set of a shoulder—building a palpable sense of a home where the walls have absorbed every shout.

What lingers after is a bitter but warm truth about the ties that bind and chafe. It’s a view of ordinary life, stripped of glamour yet filled with quiet dignity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Makoto Kiyohiro

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