Skin

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.
Hiroyuki NagatoKiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
Kayo MatsuoYoshiko, eldest sisterT Takeshi OkimuraKoichi, NianchanA Akiko MaedaSueko, younger sister
Kō NishimuraGoro MitamuraY Yoshio ŌmoriSeki
Taiji TonoyamaHemmi Gengoro
Shinsuke AshidaSakai
Tanie KitabayashiCastH Hideo FukuharaCast
Chigusa TakayamaCast
Hitoshi TakagiCastProduction information and reference links
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