Brother
Are You Japanese?
Country
Production
Budget
$10 000 000
Box office
$15 250 594
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Katsumi Yanagijima
Composer
Artist
Norihiro Isoda
Audition
Takefumi Yoshikawa, Robi Reed
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Observing a clear interest in the Yakuza in Europe, Takeshi Kitano wrote a screenplay about them and chose Los Angeles as the setting to emphasize the contrast between the characters and their unfamiliar surroundings.
- During filming, there were constant creative disagreements between Takeshi Kitano and Masaya Kato. It even came to the point where Kitano would simply yell at the actor.
- The bodies of the murdered people in the headquarters at the end of the film are arranged in such a way that they form a "kanji" symbol, meaning death. (Kanji are Chinese characters used in modern Japanese writing.)
- The only film that Takeshi Kitano directed in the United States. The director stated that he did not like the film's ending and regretted this "Hollywood adventure" which did not live up to his expectations. Since then, Kitano has vowed never to film outside of Japan.
- Observing a clear interest in the yakuza in Europe, Takeshi Kitano wrote a screenplay about the yakuza and chose Los Angeles as the setting to emphasize the contrast between the characters and an environment unfamiliar to them.
- The only film Takeshi Kitano shot in the USA. The director stated that he did not like the film's ending and that he regrets this 'Hollywood venture,' which did not live up to his expectations. Since then, Kitano has vowed not to film outside of Japan.
- During filming, creative differences constantly arose between Takeshi Kitano and Masaya Kato. It reached a point where Kitano would simply scream at the actor.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
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