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Brother

2000 · 113 min

A brooding, stylish crime saga that unfolds with quiet menace and sudden brutality, leaving a lingering sense of loss.

Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki

Tagline: Are You Japanese?
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: loyalty
violence
isolation
betrayal
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: crime, drama, thriller
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Written by: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Susumu Terajima, Masaya Katō, Royale Watkins, Lombardo Boyar, Ryo Ishibashi
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagijima
Runtime: 113 min
Country: Japan, United Kingdom, France
Languages: English, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

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