Brother

Brother (2000)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2000-12-13

Country

United States, Japan, United Kingdom

Production

Bandai Visual, Tokyo FM, Recorded Picture Company, Office Kitano, Fuzzy Bunny Films, Little Brother Inc.

Genre

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$15 250 594

Website

http://www.office-kitano.co.jp/brother/index.html

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Actors

Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Susumu Terajima, Masaya Kato, Royale Watkins, Lombardo Boyar, Ryo Ishibashi, James Shigeta, Tatyana Ali
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Takeshi Kitano

Producer

Jeremy Thomas, Takio Yoshida, Peter Watson, Ann Carli, Masayuki Mori

Operator

Katsumi Yanagijima

Composer

Joe Hisaishi

Artist

Audition

Takefumi Yoshikawa, Robi Reed

Editing

Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ohta
All team (79)

• The bodies of those killed in the headquarters at the end of the film are arranged in such a way that they form a "kanji" symbol, meaning death. (Kanji are Chinese characters used in modern Japanese writing.)
• Observing a clear interest in the Yakuza in Europe, Takeshi Kitano wrote a screenplay about them and chose Los Angeles as the setting to emphasize the contrast between the characters and their unfamiliar surroundings.
• This is the only film that Takeshi Kitano shot in the United States. The director stated that he did not like the film's ending and regretted this "Hollywood adventure," which did not live up to his expectations. Since then, Kitano has vowed never to shoot films outside of Japan.
• During filming, there were constant creative disagreements between Takeshi Kitano and Masaya Kato. It even came to the point where Kitano would simply yell at the actor.
• The bodies of the murdered people in the headquarters at the end of the film are arranged in such a way that they form a "kanji" symbol, meaning death. (Kanji are Chinese characters used in modern Japanese writing.)
• The only film that Takeshi Kitano directed in the United States. The director stated that he did not like the film's ending and regretted this "Hollywood adventure" which did not live up to his expectations. Since then, Kitano has vowed never to film outside of Japan.