Brother
2000 · Movie · R · 113 min · ★ 7.1 · 47% critics
After being forced out of Japan, a hardened yakuza arrives in Los Angeles and reconnects with his younger brother’s small-time crew. As he brings his own code of loyalty and discipline to their street operation, the group’s ambitions grow and tensions rise with rival forces in the city’s underworld.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-12-13
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 47/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (529 votes)
About
If you want a grim, violent crime drama with deadpan humor and an East-meets-West gangland vibe, this fits; Not for you if you dislike heavy bloodshed or detached storytelling, and Sonatine fans may find familiar beats.
Pros: intense violence; dark dry humor; strong loyalty themes | Cons: uneven pacing; confusing story jumps; divisive acting
Themes
- drug dealer
- assassination
- sibling relationship
- culture clash
- war on drugs
- yakuza
- sake
- loyalty
- femme fatale
- los angeles, california
- criminal underworld
Cast & crew
Takeshi Kitano
as Aniki Yamamoto
Omar Epps
as Denny
Claude Maki
as Ken
Susumu Terajima
as Kato
Masaya Katō
as Shirase
Royale Watkins
as Jay
Lombardo Boyar
as Mo
Ryo Ishibashi
as Ishihara
James Shigeta
as Sugimoto
Tatyana Ali
as Latifa
Directed by Takeshi Kitano