Brother (2000 film)

Brother
Brother
Directed by	Takeshi Kitano
Written by	Takeshi Kitano
Produced by	Masayuki Mori; Jeremy Thomas;
Starring	Takeshi Kitano; Omar Epps; Claude Maki; Tetsuya Watari;
Edited by	Takeshi Kitano
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Production; companies	Recorded Picture Company; Office Kitano
Distributed by	Shochiku Co., Ltd. (Japan); Sony Pictures Classics (United States)
Release dates	September 7, 2000 (Venice Film Festival); July 20, 2001 (Japan);
Running time	114 minutes
Countries	Japan; France; United States; United Kingdom;
Languages	Japanese; English
Box office	$15.3 million

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.

[lum-1] "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.

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