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Brother (2001) 2001

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Brother (2001)
(for pervasive strong violence, language and brief nudity)
Cast
Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Masaya Kato, Susumu Terajima, Royale Watkins, Lombardo Boyar, Ryo Ishibashi, James Shigeta, Tatyana Ali
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Producer
Masayuki Mori, Jeremy Thomas, Takio Yoshida, Ann Carli, Peter Watson
Writer
Takeshi Kitano
Duration
01:47:00
Release
Friday January 19 2001
Genres
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics

Synopsis

When Yakuza gangster Yamamoto is forcibly retired from his clan after a hostile takeover, he flies from Tokyo to Los Angeles to find his younger half brother Ken, whom he believes he has been financing through college. When he finds that Ken has dropped out of school to run a sloppy drug-dealing operation with his buddy Danny, Yamamoto slaps him on the back of the head in disgust, then shows the motley crew how to take over the LA underworld, Yakuza style. In the most violent ways imaginable, Yamamoto transforms the ragtag gang into a styling posse of professional punishers and schools them in a kamikaze code of honor that puts all other forms of gang bonding to shame.

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