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| Directed by | Takeshi Kitano |
| Written by | Takeshi Kitano |
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| Edited by | Takeshi Kitano |
| Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
Production companies | Recorded Picture Company Office Kitano |
| Distributed by | Shochiku Co., Ltd. (Japan) BAC Films (France) Sony Pictures Classics (United States) FilmFour Distributors (United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
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| Languages | Japanese English |
| Box office | $15.3 million[2] |
Brother (Japanese: ブラザー, Hepburn: Burazā) is a 2000 crime film starring, written, directed, and edited by Takeshi Kitano.[3] The film premiered on September 7, 2000 at the Venice Film Festival. The plot centers on a mature yakuza gangster who has to flee to America, where he unites forces with his little brother and his brother’s gang in Los Angeles.[4]
It is the only American production directed by Kitano and also the only such film in which he starred.[5]
- ^ a b c d "Brother (EN) [Original title]". Lumiere. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ "Brother". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
- ^ "FILM REVIEW; Los Angeles, Don't Mess With a Tokyo Gangsta". The New York Times. July 20, 2001.
- ^ "Brother (2000)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Corliss, Richard (2001-02-12). "The Unbeaten". Time Asia. Vol. 157, no. 6. Archived from the original on 2001-04-17. Retrieved 2018-11-13.