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.
Brother is of 1 hour(s) and 54 minute(s). It is Produced By: Recorded Picture Company, Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, Fuzzy Bunny Films, Little Brother Inc., Tokyo FM. It was released on 2000-12-13. It has the tagline: Are You Japanese? It has an average vote of 7.107 on TMDB.
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