Brother (2000)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Takeshi Kitano

Guionista:

Takeshi Kitano (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 noviembre 2000 (Italy)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

The one guy you trust to get your back when a whole city's trying to put a bullet in it.

Plot:

A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Takeshi settles in Los Angeles where his younger...

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Yakuza | USA | Bellhop | California

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Kitano invades LA - almost succeeds

Reparto

Takeshi Kitano	...	Aniki Yamamoto (as 'Beat' Takeshi)
Omar Epps	...	Denny
Kuroudo Maki	...	Ken (as Claude Maki)
Masaya Kato	...	Shirase
Susumu Terajima	...	Kato
Royale Watkins	...	Jay
Lombardo Boyar	...	Mo
Ren Osugi	...	Harada
Ryo Ishibashi	...	Ishihara
James Shigeta	...	Sugimoto
Tatyana Ali	...	Latifa
Makoto Otake	...	Chief of Police
Kouen Okumura	...	Hanaoka
Naomasa Musaka	...	Hisamatsu
Rino Katase	...	Night Club Madame

También conocida como:

Brother (Spain) [es]
El capo (Mexico) [es]
Hermano (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong violence, language and brief nudity.

Duración:

114 min

País:

USA | UK | Japan

Idioma:

Inglés | Japonés | Italiano | Español

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 | France:-16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Portugal:M/16 | Italy:T | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:III | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (cut) | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:R(A)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Bandai Visual Company

Trivialidades:

Heavily cut for violence by the MPAA to obtain an 'R' Rating in the United States.

Errores:

Continuidad: The car that explodes is a Lexus. When the gang see the flaming wreck, it's a different car.

Citas:

Kato: [knocked down by a pistol butt] Aniki?
Aniki Yamamoto: Kato?
Kato: [surprised] What's going on?
Aniki Yamamoto: [smiles] I'm at war in America too.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Banda de Sonido:

Casta Diva che inargenti

Kitano invades LA - almost succeeds

This is the 4th Kitano film I've seen recently. It has most of the characteristics of the other films - the sudden, shocking violence, the impassive silences, the same supporting actors, the obligatory seaside scene. But the shift to an American location weakens it, despite the excellent contributions of the US actors, especially Omar Epps.

But the core, unmissable qualities of a Kitano film remain. Takeshi Kitano must be the natural successor to Clint Eastwood as an anti-hero. Most of the stylised violence takes place off-screen, with a flash of humour, then the after-effects vividly on display. The sound-track from Joe Hisaishi matches the screen action perfectly, at times an aggressive supplement to the violence, at other times hauntingly peaceful.

The ending is the film's weakest part, as though Kitano pandered to imagined (or real) American requirements. The out-of-town setting and road movie elements fit uncomfortably with the rest of the film. But if this is the compromise needed to get Kitano to make more films out of Japan, it must be worthwhile.