| HKFlix Says: |
A romantic fantasy of gangster brotherhood and family executed with Takeshi’s unique vision. The definitive gangster movie from 2000. |
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3.9 / 5 (based on 17 ratings). What did you think of it?
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| Plot: | After being exiled from Tokyo, a yakuza gangster arrives in Los Angeles with a big bag of money and a really bad attitude. He hooks up with some fellow felons and declares war on the other logal drug traffickers, igniting a massive street war.
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| Overview: | Brother is the story of a displaced yakuza gangster (played by Kitano), whose crime family is annihilated in a Tokyo gang war, and who flies to LA in search of his brother. Stranded in an unfamiliar culture, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young hustler (Epps), as they engage a violent struggle to take over the down-town LA drug turf.
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| Cast: |
Takeshi Kitano || Omar Epps || Kuroudo Maki || Masaya Kato || Susumu Terajima || Royale Watkins || Lombardo Boyar || Ren Osugi || Ryo Ishibashi || James Shigeta || Tatyana Ali || Makolo Ohtake || Kouen Okumura || Naomasa Musaka || Rino Katase
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| Running Time: | 113 mins. (approx.)
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| Languages: | Japanese (DTS) Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Mixed With English) English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Mixed With Japanese) Thai (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
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| Subtitles: | ENGLISH, Thai, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)
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| Distributor: |
EVS Entertainment [A Thailand-Based Distributor]
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| Rating: | | UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board." |
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| Features: |
LetterboxedDTS Digital SurroundDolby Digital 5.1 SurroundCast/Crew Info.TrailersDVD-9
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