Brother
“Are You Japanese?”
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.
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Cast
73 people
Takeshi Kitano
Aniki Yamamoto
Known for
Ghost in the Shell
Battle Royale
Omar Epps
Denny
Known for
House
Shooter
Claude Maki
Ken
Known for
A Scene at the Sea
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Susumu Terajima
Kato
Known for
When Marnie Was There
Fireworks
Masaya Katō
Shirase
Known for
Crying Freeman
Fighter in the Wind
Royale Watkins
Jay
Known for
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Deliver Us from Eva
Lombardo Boyar
Mo
Known for
Coco
Happy Feet
Ryo Ishibashi
Ishihara
Known for
Audition
Suicide Club
James Shigeta
Sugimoto
Known for
Die Hard
Mulan
Tatyana Ali
Latifa
Known for
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Eddie Murphy Raw
Joseph Ragno
Rossi
Known for
The Shawshank Redemption
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Ren Osugi
Harada
Known for
Fireworks
Sonatine
Takeshi Kitano Director · Joe Hisaishi Composer Katsumi Yanagijima Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $15M · Budget $12M · United States release April 6, 2001
Box office
Budget
$12,000,000
Worldwide gross
$15,250,000
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Recorded Picture Company
Production
Office Kitano
Production
Film4 Productions
Production
Bac Films
Production
Bandai Visual
Production
Fuzzy Bunny Films (I)
Production
Little Brother Inc.
Production
Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.
Production
Japan · United Kingdom · France · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Italian · Japanese · Spanish
Release dates
Italy · September 2, 2000
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · April 6, 2001
Limited theatrical
United States
September 26, 2000 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
July 20, 2001 · Theatrical · Los Angeles, California/New York City, New York
Canada
September 9, 2000 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
April 1, 2001 · Physical
October 7, 2004 · TV · ČT2
France
December 13, 2000 · Theatrical
Germany
January 18, 2001 · Theatrical
Italy
November 24, 2000 · Theatrical
Japan
January 27, 2001 · Theatrical
Spain
April 27, 2001 · Theatrical
Switzerland
June 14, 2001 · Digital
United Kingdom
March 23, 2001 · Theatrical
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