Brother
Seen it?2000 | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (47% on Rotten Tomatoes) and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Scarface or Menace II Society, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 53 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect drug use.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
47% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$15 million worldwide on a $12 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 41K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
- Takeshi KitanoAniki Yamamoto
- Omar EppsDenny
- Claude MakiKen
- Susumu TerajimaKato
- Masaya KatōShirase
- Royale WatkinsJay
- Lombardo BoyarMo
- Ryo IshibashiIshihara
- James ShigetaSugimoto
- Tatyana AliLatifa