Brother (2000 film)

Brother (Japanese: ブラザー, Hepburn: Burazā) is a 2000 crime film starring, written, directed, and edited by Takeshi Kitano. 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.

Brother
Directed byTakeshi Kitano
Written byTakeshi Kitano
Produced by
Starring
Edited byTakeshi Kitano
Music byJoe Hisaishi
Production
companies
Recorded Picture Company
Office Kitano
Distributed byShochiku Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Sony Pictures Classics (United States)
Release dates
  • September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07) (Venice Film Festival)
  • July 20, 2001 (2001-07-20) (Japan)
Running time
114 minutes
Countries
  • Japan
  • France
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguagesJapanese
English
Box office$15.3 million

It is the only American production directed by Kitano and also the only such film in which he starred.

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