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In his first film shot in the United States, Japanese director Takeshi Kitano stars as Aniki, a stoic "yakuza" (the Japanese version of the Mafia) who heads to Los Angeles after his clan loses a mob war. Unable to speak English, he still manages to take control of his little brother's small-time gang of drug dealers and quickly .. Read more

Starring	'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Tatyana M. Ali, Kuroudo Maki
Director	'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
Genres	Drama

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- "...BROTHER boldly juxtaposes images of geographical displacement and transience with underlying themes of cultural permanence and immutability..."
- 9170
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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  This is the first 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano film I've seen and it made me want to see more - in fact I ran straight out (OK, not literally) and bought a... read more »
  
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  - spikyone
  - Bedfordshire
  - 17 Oct 2003 at 14:20
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  Last man Standn. Don't 4k xx
  
  One of d best movie ever, similar to ' show down in little tokyo' Tough, my kind of, luv it. Lekzide Gold xx
  
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- - Lekzidegold
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  - 14 Jan 2012 at 10:00
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  gangsta jap
  
  Japanese gangsta eh? Tough lads given their size. And always so smartly turned out. Although I prefer my gangsta wearing a tie. Still, make their American black... read more »
  
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- - MJM
  - 26 reviews
  - Canterbury
  - 17 Dec 2011 at 22:09
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  It is an answer to Tarantino movies...
  
  From beginning to end, you feel like you are watching a Tarantino movie. Strong dialogs, action and violence in a nice blend...
  
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- - a customer
  - 22 Oct 2011 at 23:11
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  BLOOD BROTHERS
  
  Exceptional crime drama about the futility of internecine gang-war violence. At root, the gang culture shown here is a death-worshiping one in which loyalty to ... read more »
  
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  - TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND
  - 17 Feb 2011 at 09:52
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  Nihongo desu ka?
  
  From the start Brother seriously suffers from some seriously 'gash' English speaking actors and it pretty much ruined it for me.
  
  Sadly, the ... read more »
  
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  - BimBawBagus
  - 32 reviews
  - edinburgh
  - 16 Apr 2010 at 12:24
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  Outstanding
  
  The Japanese director, Takeshi Kitano does totally amazing films. The violence is fast and fantastically shot. There are few stereotype gangsters but more ... read more »
  
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  - Dorchester
  - 29 Nov 2009 at 20:54
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  brother
  
  this movie is very good if you like very good action packed movie this one is good
  
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- - joejoe
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  - Basildon
  - 07 Sep 2009 at 12:08
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  Cruel history of life.
  
  True about Good and Bad sides of being Mafiosy... And the end which waiting for most of them ... If not counting with this Very nice movie, nice funny moments... read more »
  
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- - alexandriys
  - 2 reviews
  - kingsbury
  - 14 Mar 2009 at 14:28
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  Mindless Violence - Minimal Plot
  
  I am usually an advocate for international cinema and the fact that a film is made by a non-American puts me in a positive frame of mind straight away. ... read more »
  
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- - Feellex
  - 21 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 23 Feb 2009 at 14:27
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  good
  
  It was a film i liked and enjoyed to watch about japanese gangster joining up with is brother in usa who is a small time drug dealer and taking them up the ... read more »
  
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  - Leeds
  - 17 Sep 2008 at 09:14
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  Rent this
  
  This is the first 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano film I've seen and it made me want to see more - in fact I ran straight out (OK, not literally) and bought a... read more »
  
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  - spikyone
  - Bedfordshire
  - 17 Oct 2003 at 14:20
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  damn cool!!
  
  "Brother" is a beautiful film (if you've a taste for violent adventures) - must take the credit for gratuitous number of people shot in the head ... read more »
  
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- - Cleric
  - Herts
  - 12 Nov 2003 at 12:15
- - 5
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  Another great slow-burn Yakuza movie from Kitano
  
  Yakuza nutter is forced to go to America where he meets up with his half-brother and proceeds to make turf-war with pretty much everyone. Spouts of violence (I ... read more »
  
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- - Mauler
  - The depths of Hell
  - 15 Sep 2004 at 19:22
- - 5
  - 0
  Kitano Hops Over the Pond
  
  Not bad at all. Fully expecting this film to be a weaker Hollywood draft of Kitano's eastern efforts, I was surprised by the willingness of Hollywood's ... read more »
  
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- - David Stone-Haigh
  - Salford, Lancs
  - 05 Jan 2005 at 08:17
- - 3
  - 1
  Solid Japanese Gangster Film
  
  Beat Takeshi gangster flick with a touch of America about it. The thing is it's great in Japan but is a bit ropey when the action moves to America, or ... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 21 Oct 2005 at 13:29
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  Cruel history of life.
  
  True about Good and Bad sides of being Mafiosy... And the end which waiting for most of them ... If not counting with this Very nice movie, nice funny moments... read more »
  
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- - alexandriys
  - 2 reviews
  - kingsbury
  - 14 Mar 2009 at 14:28
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  - 1
  Great, exciting, unusual and Japanese!
  
  Agree with all the other reviews here. Never seen one of his films before, but on the strength of this his other films will be wathched shortly! Like a slow ... read more »
  
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- - Pendragon
  - 22 reviews
  - Palmers Green
  - 30 Jan 2005 at 19:52
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  Cinematic Genius
  
  Like most of Takeshi Kitano's film work, this is a breathtakingly made masterpiece. He refuses to bow to the conventions of Hollywood. There is as much ... read more »
  
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- - Dubya
  - Nottingham, England
  - 04 Jun 2004 at 10:58
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  Standard 'Beat' Takeshi Fare
  
  Beat Takshi plays exactly the same chaacter he plays in all his other movies - the silent, violent gangster type. The film itself is nothing special but not ... read more »
  
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- - Mordechai
  - UK
  - 27 Oct 2004 at 10:45
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  I was expecting soo much
  
  but was given so little,boring film so go rent something else
  
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- - Ashley Brown
  - My House, Bristol
  - 18 May 2008 at 21:37

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Critics' reviews
- "...BROTHER boldly juxtaposes images of geographical displacement and transience with underlying themes of cultural permanence and immutability..."
- 9170
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Kitano adapts to the demands of 'international' film-making in very characteristic ways: by adopting the uncomplicated... read more on Time Out
- 44217
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...Tense, edgy and compulsively unpredictable....This is Kitano's GODFATHER..."
- 9171
- - Total Film
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...The supporting, mostly Japanese cast is effective, particularly Kato..."
- 9167
- - Hollywood Reporter
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Mr. Kitano's scenes with Mr. Epps have an intriguing give-and-take..."
- 9168
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...[Kitano] returns to more familiar form with a vengeance..."
- 9169
- - Premiere
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  In his first film shot in the United States, Japanese director Takeshi Kitano stars as Aniki, a stoic "yakuza" (the Japanese version of the Mafia) who heads to Los Angeles after his clan loses a mob war. Unable to speak English, he still manages to take control of his little brother's small-time ...