Brother

Resource Information

The work Brother represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Brother

Statement of responsibility

Sony Pictures Classics ; Recorded Picture Company and Office Kitano present a Jeremy Thomas and Masayuki Mori production ; in association with FilmFour and BAC Films ; a Takeshi Kitano film ; produced by Jeremy Thomas, Masayuki Mori ; written, edited & directed by Takeshi Kitano

Contributor

• Bīto Takeshi
• Epps, Omar
• Kato, Masaya, 1963-
• Boyar, Lombardo
• Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
• Maki, Kurōdo
• Recorded Picture Company
• Mori, Masayuki, 1953-
• Thomas, Jeremy
• Ofisu Kitano
• Watari, Tetsuya, 1941-
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Watkins, Royale, 1969-

Actor

• Maki, Kurōdo
• Kato, Masaya, 1963-
• Boyar, Lombardo
• Watkins, Royale, 1969-
• Epps, Omar

Director

• Bīto Takeshi

Producer

• Thomas, Jeremy
• Mori, Masayuki, 1953-

Subject

• Feature films
• Drama
• Drug traffic -- Drama
• Action and adventure films
• Buddy films -- Japan
• California -- Los Angeles
• Crime
• Crime films -- Japan
• Drug traffic
• Feature films -- Japan
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Foreign films
• Gangs
• Gangs -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Gangster films -- Japan
• Japan -- Tokyo
• Japanese
• Japanese -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Japanese language films
• Motion pictures -- Japan
• Thrillers (Motion pictures) -- Japan
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Yakuza
• Yakuza -- Japan | Tokyo -- Drama
• Action and adventure films
• Action and adventure films -- Japan
• Adventure

Genre

• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Action and adventure films
• Buddy films
• Crime films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Foreign films
• Gangster films
• Japanese language films
• Motion pictures
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• jpn
• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• jpn
• jpn

Summary

After his crime boss is murdered in a Tokyo gang war, a yakuza gangster is exiled to Los Angeles. He has a big bag of money and a really bad attitude and hooks up with his half-brother who is the leader of a small-time drug ring. Together, with a local street hustler, the brothers declare war on the other local drug traffickers. This ignites into the bloodiest, dirtiest, nastiest power struggle L.A. has ever seen

Additional physical form

Also issued on VHS.

Cataloging source

TEF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by Joe Hisaishi ; cinematography by Katsumi Yanagijima ; edited by Yoshinori Ota

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

Dialogue chiefly in Japanese with some English; optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned in English

PerformerNote

Beat Takeshi, Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Masaya Kato, Royale Watkins, Lombardo Boyar, Tetsuya Watari

Runtime

113

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action