Japan Synopsis
“Are You Japanese?”
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.
The 1999–2001 Japan Window
205 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Brother sits at position #63.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Brother. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Recorded Picture Company
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Brother premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 54m runtime, production spent $105K per minute on screen and earned $134K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,731 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #103 of 402 (top 26%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America, Japan, United Kingdom |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Italian, Japanese, Spanish |
| Production Companies | Recorded Picture Company, Office Kitano, Bandai Visual, Fuzzy Bunny Films, Little Brother Inc. |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | December 13, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0222851 |
| Official Site | www.office-kitano.co.jp |