Brother
Dec 13 2000
•2h 54m
•Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Cast
See allTakeshi Kitano
Aniki Yamamoto
Omar Epps
Denny
Claude Maki
Ken
Susumu Terajima
Kato
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