Stepbrothers with English and Russian subtitles
is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Miyoji Ieki. The screenplay by Nobuyoshi Terada and Yoshikata Yoda is based on the novel of the same name by Torahiko Tamiya.
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. Winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
