• Trending
    • Certified Fresh & Verified Hot
    • TV Premier dates
    • New horror Movies
    • Best Movies of All Time
  • Movies
    • Movies In Theaters
    • Movies at Home
  • TV Shows
    • New TV
    • Most Popular TV
  • News
    • What to Watch
    • Guides
    • RT News
    • Awards
  • Games
    • Find Your Next Horror Watch
  • Video
  • Showtimes
  • Fanstore
  • About Rotten Tomatoes
  • Critics
  • Download the App Now
  • Logout
Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App New News Showtimes

Brother

Play trailer Poster for Brother R,  2000,  1h 52m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 48% 73 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
48% Tomatometer 73 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Abandoned by the brotherhood of his yakuza clan, tough guy Yamamoto (Beat Takeshi) is forced to leave Tokyo. He goes to Los Angeles in search of Ken (Claude Maki), his younger half-brother. Alone and with a new identity, Yamamoto finds himself frustrated by foreign surroundings, especially since he doesn't speak the language.
Brother

What to Know

Critics Consensus

There is too much hollow bloodshed in Brother, and the characters are stereotypically flat.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Jun 19, 2003
4/4
The film explores in multi-layered depths how violence begets violence and how this cycle, once started, is nearly impossible to break. Go to Full Review
Glenn Kenny Premiere Magazine Sep 4, 2001
Loud, direct, and uncompromised, Brother is raw red meat in an age of cinematic tofu. Go to Full Review
Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Aug 14, 2001
2.5/5
It's rougher stuff than most would expect, though not unrewarding in its own horrific way. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jan 10, 2013
C+
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Jun 25, 2012
4/5
A powerful statement on a violent society -- and a very uncomfortable one that is apt to alienate many viewers. Go to Full Review
Bob Grimm Sacramento News & Review Mar 29, 2011
4/5
Read all reviews
Brother

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Takeshi Kitano

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Yamamoto

Claude Maki

Ken

Omar Epps

Denny

Masaya Katô

Shirase

Ren Ôsugi

Harada

More Like This

View All
King of New York 71% 77% King of New York Watchlist One False Move 93% 75% One False Move Watchlist Bad Boys 89% 81% Bad Boys Watchlist Dead Presidents 47% 78% Dead Presidents Watchlist Another Day in Paradise 55% 62% Another Day in Paradise Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Brother

Omar Epps as Denny. Beat Takeshi as Yamamoto. Wanda-Lee Evans as Denny's Mother, Omar Epps as Denny and Tatyana M. Ali as Latifa. Claude Maki as Ken, Beat Takeshi as Yamamoto and Omar Epps as Denny. Scene from Brother. Omar Epps as Denny and Beat Takeshi as Yamamoto. Omar Epps as Denny. Beat Takeshi as Yamamoto. Beat Takeshi as Yamamoto. Beat Takeshi as Yamamoto and Claude Maki as Ken. View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Abandoned by the brotherhood of his yakuza clan, tough guy Yamamoto (Beat Takeshi) is forced to leave Tokyo. He goes to Los Angeles in search of Ken (Claude Maki), his younger half-brother. Alone and with a new identity, Yamamoto finds himself frustrated by foreign surroundings, especially since he doesn't speak the language.
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Producer
Masayuki Mori, Jeremy Thomas
Screenwriter
Takeshi Kitano
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Recorded Pictures Company
Rating
R (Language|Brief Nudity|Pervasive Strong Language)
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 20, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$447.8K
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings