About Her Brother

About Her Brother

Otōto is a 2010 film by Yoji Yamada. The first screening of this film outside of Japan was at the closing ceremony of the 60th Berlin Film Festival in 2010. The screening was a special tribute to then 81-year-old Yoji Yamada, whose films have been invited to the festival several times before. The story unfolds as the young Koharu , the daughter of a pharmacist in a modest neighborhood of Tokyo, is about to get married to the son of a prestigious family and even before the event everybody is anxious that the younger brother of Koharu's mother, Ginko might join the wedding ceremony, as...
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quick facts
Release date:January 30, 2010
Directed by:Yoji Yamada
Runtime:126 Minutes
Producer:Hiroshi Fukazawa, Kenichi Tamura, Ichirô Yamamoto
Music by:Isao Tomita
Cinematography:Masashi Chikamori
Screenplay by:Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu
Genre:Comedy

Cast of About Her Brother

Ryo Kase
Ryo Kase
Born:November 9, 1974
Age:37
Yû Aoi
Yû Aoi
Born:August 17, 1985
Age:26
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Born:March 13, 1945
Age:67
Yuriko Ishida
Yuriko Ishida
Born:October 3, 1969
Age:42
Takashi Sasano
Takashi Sasano
Born:June 22, 1948
Age:63
Fumiyo Kohinata
Fumiyo Kohinata
Born:January 23, 1954
Age:58

Honors and Awards

YearAward Nomination
2011 Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, Yû Aoi
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Film director of About Her Brother

Yoji Yamada
Yoji Yamada
Born: September 13, 1931
Age: 80

Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy . He was born in Osaka. But because of the work of his father, who was an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, from the age of 2 he was brought up in Manchuria. Following the...
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TitleReleasedRatedGenre
Final Take
A Distant Cry from Spring
About Her Brother 2010 Comedy
Kyoto Story 2010
Kabei - Our Mother 2008
Love and Honor 2006 PG-13 (USA)
The Hidden Blade 2004 R (USA) Action
The Twilight Samurai 2002 Action
Gakko II 1996
Tora-san to the Rescue 1995
Tora-san's Easy Advice 1994
Tora-san's Matchmaker 1993
A Class to Remember 1993
Tora-San Makes Excuses 1992
Tora-san Confesses 1991
My Sons 1991 Comedy
Tora-san Takes a Vacation 1990
Tora-san, My Uncle 1989
Tora-San Goes to Vienna 1989 Comedy
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial 1988
Hope and Pain 1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy 1987
Tora-san Goes North 1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy 1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter 1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between 1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love 1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san 1984
Tora-san Goes Religious? 1983
Tora-san's Song of Love 1983
Tora-san, the Expert 1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san 1982
Tora-san's Promise 1981
Tora-san's Love in Osaka 1981
Foster Daddy, Tora! 1980
Tora's Tropical Fever 1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring 1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker 1979
Talk of the Town Tora-san 1978
Stage-Struck Tora-san 1978
Tora-san Plays Cupid 1977
The Yellow Handkerchief 1977
Tora-san Meets His Lordship 1977
Tora's Pure Love 1976
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset 1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual 1975
Tora-san's Rise and Fall 1975
Tora-san's Lullaby 1974
Tora-san's Lovesick 1974
Tora-san Loves an Artist 1973
Tora-san's Forget Me Not 1973
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True 1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home 1972
Tora-san's Love Call 1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan 1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance 1971
Where Spring Comes Late 1970
Tora-san's Runaway 1970
Tora-San's Cherished Mother 1969 Comedy
It's Tough Being a Man 1969
Tora-San: Our Lovable Tramp 1969 Comedy
Kyu-Chan´s Big dream 1967
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Filming locations for About Her Brother

Tokyo
Tokyo

Tokyo [toːkʲoː], English: /ˈtoʊki.oʊ/; officially Tokyo Metropolis , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of the world. It is the seat of the Japanese...
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