Stepbrothers

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946.

Top Cast

Kinuyo TanakaRie

Rentaro MikuniHantaro Kido

Katsuo NakamuraTomohide, the fourth son of Kido

Hizuru TakachihoHaru, beloved of Tomohide

Kōji NanbaraYoshitoshi, the third son of Kido

Chōko IidaMasu

Hiroshi KondōKojiro, second son of Kido

Shouichi NishidaIchirojo, Kido's eldest son