
Synopsis & Context
The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi identity and struggles in Japan.
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- にあんちゃん
- Release
- October 28, 1959
- Screen Time
- 1h 41min
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Shōhei Imamura
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Production Status
- Released
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