Brother (2001)

Film details

Featuring

Takeshi Kitano Omar Epps Claude Maki
Countries

France United Kingdom Japan USA
Year

2001
Genre

Thriller
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Aniki mon frere Alternative

Synopsis

Thriller. Yamamoto, a yakuza, goes to Los Angeles in search of his brother and gets involved in a territorial war between rival gangs of local drug dealers.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Yamamoto
    
    Takeshi, Beat
  - Denny
    
    Omar Epps
  - Ken
    
    Claude Maki
  - Shirase
    
    Masaya Kato
  - Kato
    
    Susumu Terajima
  - Jay
    
    Royale Watkins
  - Mo
    
    Lombardo Boyar
  - Harada
    
    Ren Ôsugi
  - Ishihara
    
    Ryô Ishibashi
  - Susimoto
    
    James Shigeta
  - Latifa
    
    Tatyana M. Ali
  - chief of police
    
    Makolo Ohtake
  - Hanaoka
    
    Koen Okumura
  - Hisamatsu
    
    Naomasa Musaka
  - night club madame
    
    Rino Katase
  - Jinseikai boss
    
    Tetsuya Watari
  - Minamino
    
    Ren Murakami
  - Marina
    
    Joy Nakagawa
  - Denny's mother
    
    Evans, Wanda-Lee
  - Roberto
    
    Tony Colitti
  - Nishida
    
    Koyo Into
  - bellboy
    
    Alan Garcia
  - Colin
    
    Antwon Tanner
  - Rossi, mafia boss
    
    Joseph Ragno
  - Oscar
    
    Nynno Ali
  - limo driver
    
    Paul Feddersen
  - killer waiter
    
    Dan Gunther
  - Mexican mafia officer
    
    Robert Covarrubias
  - Mexican mafia officer
    
    Anthony Vatsula
  - Victor's henchman
    
    Al Vicente
  - Victor's henchman
    
    Luis Angel
  - Moose
    
    Lesley, Brad 'The Animal'
  - Yamamoto bodyguard
    
    Lobo Sebastian
  - Victor's driver
    
    Tomas Chavez
  - sushi bar owner
    
    Don Sato
  - sushi bar part-timer
    
    Hideo Kimura
  - sushi bar waitress
    
    Yayoi Otani
  - prostitute
    
    Tuesday Night
  - whorehouse customer
    
    Yuji Hasegawa
  - Sly
    
    Chuma Hunter-Gault
  - Jack
    
    Kool Mo Dee
  - taxi driver
    
    Peter Spellos
  - Victor
    
    Amaury Nolasco
  - Chinese boss
    
    Jack Ong
  - coffee shop owner
    
    Tad Horino
  - Chinese boss
    
    Mike Wu
  - doctor
    
    Alvin Ing
  - Geppetti's bodyguard
    
    Herschel Sparber
  - Geppettti, mafia boss
    
    John Aprea
  - Mexican mafia hitman
    
    Christopher Dergregorian
  - Mexican mafia henchman
    
    Manny Perez
  - Mexican mafia henchman
    
    Eddie Garcia
  - Yamamoto's henchman
    
    Rainbow Borden
  - Yamamoto's henchman
    
    Manny Gavino
  - Yamamoto's henchman
    
    Hiroshi Otaguro
  - Yamamoto's henchman
    
    Darryl Bell
  - Shirase's henchman
    
    Eiji Inoue
  - mafia hitman
    
    Akira Kaneda
  - Rossi's bodyguard
    
    Geoff Meed
  - Ohyama
    
    Shoken Kunimoto
  - Matsumoto
    
    Shuhei Saga
  - cast member
    
    Kanji Okumura
  - cast member
    
    Eiji Kanno
  - cast member
    
    Mitsuaki Mizuta
  - cast member
    
    Naoto Shigemizu
  - cast member
    
    Ken Takikawa
  - cast member
    
    Kotaro Yoshida
  - cast member
    
    Koichi Ibuki
  - cast member
    
    Motoya Sano
  - cast member
    
    Daimon Nakanishi
  - cast member
    
    Shin Shimizu
  - cast member
    
    Takeshi Onishi
  - cast member
    
    Ikko Suzuki
  - cast member
    
    Yuji Ishikawa
  - cast member
    
    Takashi Nishina
  - cast member
    
    Ryosuke Ohtani
  - cast member
    
    Kazuhisa Kawahara
  - cast member
    
    Kazuyoshi Asada
  - cast member
    
    Kazumasa Takemoto
  - cast member
    
    Kouki Katsurashima
  - cast member
    
    Makoto Inamiya
  - cast member
    
    Satoru Sakuma
  - cast member
    
    Gunji Numata
  - cast member
    
    Kentaro Kaji
  - cast member
    
    Setsuo Nishinaka
  - cast member
    
    Akira Hoshino
  - cast member
    
    Hiroshi Kawamura
  - cast member
    
    Kenji Morinaga
  - cast member
    
    Kikuo Ito
  - cast member
    
    Seiji Nakazawa
  - cast member
    
    Al Kitago
  - cast member
    
    Gambino Kobayashi
  - cast member
    
    Hitoshi Nishizawa
  - cast member
    
    Tsuyoshi Nishimura
  - cast member
    
    Masamichi Kawada
  - cast member
    
    Kousuke Ohta
  - cast member
    
    Mika Kumagai
  - cast member
    
    Makoto Togashi
  - cast member
    
    Yuko Yasui
  - cast member
    
    Fuyu Oba
  - cast member
    
    Yayoi Ohtsu
  - cast member
    
    Yuri Tamura
  - cast member
    
    Masami Maeda
  - cast member
    
    Mizuki
  - cast member
    
    Rika Sekina
  - cast member
    
    Ikuko Tosu
  - cast member
    
    Mika Hoshino
  - cast member
    
    Yukari Shimada
  - cast member
    
    Makiko Ono
  - cast member
    
    Mikage Sano
  - cast member
    
    Chieko Mori
  - cast member
    
    Kana Fujimoto
  - cast member
    
    Akiko Akiyoshi
  - cast member
    
    Miho Uchida
  - cast member
    
    Satomi Ono
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Takeshi Kitano
  - ©
    
    Little Brother Inc
  - Presented by
    
    Recorded Picture Company
  - Presented by
    
    Office Kitano
  - Presented in association with
    
    FilmFour
  - Presented in association with
    
    BAC Films
  - [Funding]
    
    Bandai Visual
  - [Funding]
    
    Tokyo FM
  - Producer
    
    Masayuki Mori
  - Producer
    
    Jeremy Thomas
  - Co-producer
    
    Ann Carli
  - Co-producer
    
    Takio Yoshida
  - Unit Manager
    
    Toshio Tanaka
  - Unit Production Manager (LA Unit 1st)
    
    Victor Ho
  - Production Office Co-ordinator (LA Unit)
    
    Diana Lui
  - Location Manager (LA Unit)
    
    Diana Leigh Myers
  - Assistant Director (LA Unit 1st)
    
    Licht, Edward
  - Assistant Director (LA Unit 2nd)
    
    Darrell Woodard
  - Assistant Director (LA Unit 2nd 2nd)
    
    Rita Lisa Danao
  - Assistant Director (Tokyo Unit 2nd)
    
    Takeshi Matsukawa
  - Assistant Director (Tokyo Unit 3rd)
    
    Atsushi Sunagawa
  - Assistant Director (Tokyo Unit 4th)
    
    Hirofumi Inaba
  - Script Supervisor
    
    Chiyo Miyakoshi
  - Casting (LA Unit Associates)
    
    Robi Reed & Associates
  - Casting (LA Unit Associates)
    
    Doran Reed
  - Casting (LA Unit Associates)
    
    Cydney McCurdy
  - Screenplay
    
    Takeshi Kitano
  - Script Co-ordinator (Tokyo Unit)
    
    Noriyasu Sato
  - Director of Photography
    
    Katsumi Yanagijima
  - Key Grip
    
    Hiro Kakuhari
  - Digital Composition
    
    Toshihiro Ogawa
  - Digital Composition
    
    Hideki Chiba
  - Special Effects (LA Unit)
    
    Ultimate Effects
  - Special Effects Co-ordinator (LA Unit)
    
    John Hartigan
  - Special Effects Co-ordinator (LA Unit)
    
    David Wayne
  - Editor
    
    Takeshi Kitano
  - Editor
    
    Yoshinori Ota
  - Production Designer
    
    Norihiro Isoda
  - Art Director (LA Unit 2nd)
    
    Anthony Stabley
  - Art Director (Tokyo Unit)
    
    Takayuki Nitta
  - Set Decorator (LA Unit 2nd)
    
    Visinare, Teresa
  - Costume Designer
    
    Yohji Yamamoto
  - Costume Stylist
    
    Fumio Iwasaki
  - Costume Designer (LA Unit)
    
    Johnson, Darryle T.
  - Costume Supervisor (LA Unit)
    
    Sandy Ampon
  - Make-up Artist
    
    Michiyo Miyauchi
  - Tattoo Artist
    
    Kasumi, Ryoji
  - Make-up Department Head (LA Unit)
    
    Judy Murdock
  - Ms Katase's Make-up (Tokyo Unit)
    
    Mayumi Kamata
  - Special Effects Make-up (LA Unit)
    
    Richard Snell
  - Special Effects Make-up (Tokyo Unit)
    
    Tomoo Haraguchi
  - Key Hair (LA Unit)
    
    Osborne-austin, P.E. 'Carmen'
  - Titles
    
    Nichiei Art Co Ltd
  - Titles
    
    Yokozo Akamatsu
  - Opticals
    
    Keizo Igarashi
  - Music
    
    Joe Hisaishi
  - Score Performed by
    
    New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
  - Musician (Piano)
    
    Joe Hisaishi
  - Musician (Flugel Horn)
    
    Tomonao Hara
  - Music Production Co-ordinator
    
    Ishiro Tanaka
  - Music Production Co-ordinator
    
    Noriko Kohyama
  - Music Production Co-ordinator
    
    Soichiro Ito
  - [Score] Conductor
    
    Joe Hisaishi
  - Music Producer
    
    Ayame Fujisawa
  - [Music] Recording/Mixing Engineer
    
    Masayoshi Okawa
  - [Music] Recording Engineer
    
    Suminobu Hamamda
  - Production Sound Mixer
    
    Mitsugu Shiratori
  - Recordist
    
    Akira Nakano
  - Re-recording Mixer
    
    Akira Rizawa
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Kenji Shibasaki
  - Sound Effects Editor (LA)
    
    Dorian Cheah
  - ADR (LA Supervisor)
    
    Jackson, Robert
  - ADR (NY Loop Group)
    
    Power of Babble
  - ADR (LA Recordist)
    
    Alan Freedman
  - ADR (NY Recordist)
    
    Bobby Johanson
  - Stunt Co-ordinator (LA Unit)
    
    Al Goto
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    John Alden
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Rick Avery
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Kurt Bryant
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Damon Caro
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Caso, Chris
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Tony Cecere
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Mark Dealessandro
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Paul Eliopoulos
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Masaaki Endo
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Kenny Endoso
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Mickey Giacomazzi
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Al Goto
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Steven Ho
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Buddy Joe Hooker
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Brian Imada
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    John Koyama
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Leong, Will
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Lilly, Clint
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Frank Lloyd
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Johnny Martin
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    John Meier
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Eddie Perez
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Simon Rhee
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Jimmy Roberts
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Rondell, Erik
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Rosales, Tom
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Koichi Sakamoto
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Frank Torres
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Runyard, Michael
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    David Wald
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Danny Wong
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Keith Woulard
  - Stunts (LA Unit)
    
    Dick Ziker
  - Stand-in for Beat takeshi
    
    Makoto Tsugawa
  - Stand-in for Omar Epps
    
    Dana Wisher
  - Gun Effects (Tokyo Unit)
    
    Kikou Noutomi
  - Gun Effects (Tokyo Unit)
    
    Hirokazu Karasawa
  - Gun Effects (Tokyo Unit)
    
    Tsuyoshi Konishi