Movie
Brother
Overview
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-12-13
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Recorded Picture Company, Office Kitano, Film4 Productions, Bac Films
- Country
- Japan, United Kingdom, France
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- 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
- Joseph Ragno as Rossi
- Ren Osugi as Harada
Crew
- Takeshi Kitano - Director
- Takeshi Kitano - Writer
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