Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan(1959)
Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.
Movie: Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
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Grandma Shigeko
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Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.
Release Date
1959-03-29
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5.875
Rating:
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Languages:
日本語
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