Brother (2000 film)

Brother
Directed byTakeshi Kitano
Written byTakeshi Kitano
Produced by
Starring
Edited byTakeshi Kitano
Music byJoe Hisaishi
Production
companies
Distributed byShochiku Co., Ltd. (Japan)
BAC Films (France)
Sony Pictures Classics (United States)
FilmFour Distributors (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07) (Venice Film Festival)
  • July 20, 2001 (2001-07-20) (Japan)
Running time
114 minutes
Countries
LanguagesJapanese
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]

  1. ^ a b c d "Brother (EN) [Original title]". Lumiere. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "Brother". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  3. ^ "FILM REVIEW; Los Angeles, Don't Mess With a Tokyo Gangsta". The New York Times. July 20, 2001.
  4. ^ "Brother (2000)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. ^ 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.