Brother
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Omar Epps
Claude Maki
Masaya Kato
Susumu Terajima
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Abandoned by the brotherhood of his yazuka clan, gangster Yamamoto flees a crime war in Tokyo and ends up in Los Angeles looking for his long lost brother. Alone and with a new identity, Yamamoto finds himself frustrated by foreign surroundings but soon strikes up a friendship with Denny, an up-and-coming black hustler, with whom he had an earlier violent run-in. They team up to take over the drug turf of East L.A. Before long, Yamamoto's gang grows in number, business flourishes and money flows. Yamamoto and his boys now wear expensive suits, cruise in limousines and work out of lofty offices. As success breeds jealousy, Yamomoto joins forces with rival Japanese crime lord, Shirase. It becomes an all-out war without sanctuary for anyone. As things heat up, Yamamoto learns that only Denny has really caught on to the yazuka code of brotherhood...
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Omar Epps
Claude Maki
Masaya Kato
Susumu Terajima
Royale Watkins
Lombardo Boyar
Ryo Ishibashi
James Shigeta
Tatyana Ali
Makoto Ohtake
Koen Okumura
Naomasa Musaka
Rino Katse
Tetsuya Watari
Ren Murakmai
Joy Nakagawa
Wanda Lee Evans
Tony Colitti
Koyo Into
Alan Garcia
Antwon Tanner
Joseph Ragno
Nynno Ali
Paul Feddersen
Dan Gunter
Robert Covarrubias
Anthony Vatsula
Al Vincente
Luis Angel
Bradley Jay Lesley
Lobo Sebastian
Tomas Chavez
Don Sato
Hideo Kimura
Yayoi Otani
Tuesday Night
Yuji Hasegawa
Chuma Hunter-gault
Peter Spellos
Amaury Nolasco
Jack Ong
Tad Horino
Mike Wu
Alvin Ing
Herschel Sparber
John Aprea
Christopher Dergregorian
Manny Perez
Eddie Garcia
Rainbow Borden
Manny Gavino
Hiroshi Otaguro
Darryl M Bell
Elji Inoue
Akira Kaneda
Geoff Meed
Shoken Kunimoto
Shuhei Saga
Ren ôsugi
Tuesday Knight
Crew
Anne Carli
Al Goto
Roy C Granada
Tomoo Haraguchi
John Hartigan
Joe Hisaishi
Senji Horiuchi
Norihiro Isoda
Fumio Iwasaki
Hiro Kakuhari
Ryoji Kasumi
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano
Makoto Kukurai
Edward Licht
Chiyo Miyakoshi
Michiyo Miyauchi
Masayuki Mori
Judy Murdcock
Diana Leigh Myers
Akihiko Nihonmatsu
Takayuki Nitta
Yoshinori Ota
Anthony Rivero Stabley
Mitsugu Shiratori
Shimitsugu Shiratori
Richard Snell
Toshio Tanaka
Hideki Tateno
Tetsuji Tatsuta
Jeremy Thomas
Naoyuki Usui
Ho Victor
Teresa Visinare
Peter Watson
Peter Watson
David Wayen
Randy Williamson
Yohji Yamamoto
Katsumi Yanagijima
Takio Yoshida
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 20, 2001
Expanded Release in United States July 27, 2001
Released in United States on Video January 2, 2002
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States September 2000
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States January 2001
Shown at New York Film Festival September 22 - October 9, 2000.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (out of competition) August 30 - September 9, 2000.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 1-10, 2000.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.
English-language debut for acclaimed Japanese helmer Takeshi "Beat" Kitano whose previous credits include "Sonatine" (Japan/1993) and "Fireworks" (Japan/1997).
Began shooting November 21, 1999.
Completed shooting February 15, 2000.
Released in United States Summer July 20, 2001
Expanded Release in United States July 27, 2001
Released in United States on Video January 2, 2002
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 22 - October 9, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (out of competition) August 30 - September 9, 2000.)
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 1-10, 2000.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.)
Released in United States January 2001 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 2001.)
