Brother

Brother

  • Director: Takeshi Kitano
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, Japan, France
  • Language: English, Japanese, Italian, Spanish
  • Release date: December 13, 2000
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Yakuza Kardeşliği
  • "Brother" is a feature film directed by Kitano Takeshi and starring Kitano Takeshi and Kato Masaya. The film tells the story of Yamamoto who was abandoned by the gang and founded the gang in the United States .

    Details

    • Release date December 13, 2000
    • Filming locations Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Office Kitano, HanWay Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $10,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $450,594

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $60,029

    Gross worldwide

    $15,250,594

    Movie reviews

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    • By Dane 2022-04-20 09:02:12

      Talking about gangsters in small Japan

      The Japanese have an island country mindset, a strong sense of crisis, and a relatively narrow-minded mindset. They come out to mix, and they like to argue for high and low levels. They end up in a tragic and tragic end. Unlike Chinese gangsters, they have cynicism and morality as their foundation. But it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, under the guise of peace as the pretense. When the food and grass are abundant, it is not too late for a gentleman to take...

    • By Elouise 2022-04-20 09:02:12

      Intentional lewdness cannot be accomplished, nor profound.

      It is true that Kitano Takeshi is a master of the generation. But after watching this movie, please forgive me for my superficial remark: such a gangster movie brought to Hong Kong is really only worthy of To Qifeng's shoes. I don't know what the use of a lot of useless long shots is, and it's also a weird hobby. At least Quentin can handle the big chunks of nonsense cutely, and the confusing long shots here are amazing. Feeling verbose and boring. No matter how many people regard it as a...

    • By Oma 2022-04-20 09:02:12

      Everyone is afraid of the mafia

      The Mafia is the largest party in the underground, it is the existence that is said to override everything, it is the God of Death who has come as an agent, it is the Shenshui Palace, the Western Demon Sect, and the Blue Dragon Society. Let's make fun of the old joke "Who is the biggest gangster in the town?" If you don't pay the protection fee, you will only get caught in the river. One or two people who are alone can only rush into the Ping An Security Bureau and kill a few people!
      The...

    • By Damian 2022-04-19 09:02:39

      Suddenly remembered the boss

      From this film began to pay attention to Kitano Takeshi.
      Later, Hisaishi Joo, a talented film music master, was discovered.


      Very little dialogue, much detail. Everything is explained smoothly.
      I don't understand the use of film language, but anyone can still see something from it.


      It doesn't involve men and women very much, and brotherhood dominates the whole chapter. It is very beneficial to know Kitano's style.


      Another: some shit at the...

    • By Christa 2022-04-19 09:02:39

      At least its music is worth listening to

      I remember that two years ago, I was down on emule to the soundtrack of the movie "Big Brother", and received the news that Leslie Cheung fell from the building and committed suicide. At that moment, I touch death again.
      One is the invisible voice, the other is the untouchable news, enough to make the night pale. Since ten years ago, I have not been a big fan of Zhang. At that time, I was just beginning to understand, and I just knew what it was like to be a comrade. Suddenly, one day I...

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    • By Gerda 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      "You Japanese are so unfathomable" The rivers and lakes of the facially paralyzed man are always so unreasonable, but they make people's blood flow and show the taste of...

    • By Agustina 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Fortunately, Kitano Takeshi is not my grandfather, otherwise his childhood may not be as brilliant as...

    • By Jamey 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      No one will shoot violence as simply as Kitano Takeshi. If he says he cuts his abdomen, he cuts his abdomen, if he says he commits suicide, he commits suicide. The most impressive one is Shirase sticking chopsticks into people's nostrils. This scene was paid tribute by Shiina Kihei in the 10-year-old "Extremely Wicked". The second is the word "death" spelled out with corpses. The third is that Shinji Terashima committed suicide for the boss without warning. The fly in the ointment is that the...

    • By Chelsea 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      It's very exciting to watch, direct bloody and violent stimulation, no hesitation, clean and neat. Very simple story, but there are a few paragraphs that actually want to cry! The boss is a bloody man. Very Japanese, very Kitano...

    • By Toney 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      The narration and editing are perfectly matched with the connotation of the story, without a trace of sloppiness, and the determination, commitment, and righteousness in the spirit of Bushido are undisguised and directly shot into the depths of the audience's...

    Movie plot

    Yamamoto is looking for the direction he should go, and that is Los Angeles where his brother Ken, who has lost news because of studying abroad, is located. For a man who has lost everything, the end of his life may only be "blood". On a street where he can't even speak the language, Yamamoto finally found his brother Ken, but at this time Ken has become a drug dealer selling drugs to drug addicts.
    Although the brothers were very happy...
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    Background creation

    Q: What do you think is the main point of "Brother"?
    Kita: This is a story about Japanese gangs. Their lives are stray, so that they can die at any time without any worries. They also have wives, of course they are not the ones in normal life. They will not get married because they know they may die at any time.
    Question: Do you yourself believe in their...?
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    Evaluation action

    "Brother" is a history of American struggles of Japanese gangsters, with elements of the American dream, but the process and ending are extremely black, violent and bloody are constantly presented, adhering to the consistent style of Kitano Takeshi's gangster works. Although Kitano Takeshi's works are very violent, But the core is not realistic. Just like his "キッズ·リターン" and " Hana-bi ", his works are somewhat of a fairy tale color. He...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ken: [to Denny] He says, if you kill him with one shot, he'll give you ten bucks.

    • [last lines]

      Denny: I love you Aniki! Wherever you at, man!

    • Mo: What are you guys gonna do?

      Ken: Cut his finger off.

      Mo: What happens when you cut his finger off?

      Kato: Ummm... he can't swim straight anymore.

      [smiles]