Brother Takeshi Kitano Beat Blu-ray BFI Omar Epps 2000 Japanese Gangster

Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano takes on the mean streets of Los Angeles!

Introducing BFI's Blu-ray (Region B) release for Brother, a 2000 crime film starring, written, directed, and edited by Takeshi Kitano (Outrage Coda, Mozu: The Movie).

Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano directs and stars in this brutal crime thriller about a Japanese yakuza forced to flee to Los Angeles after the death of his boss. In the wake of a failed gang war, Yamamoto ‘Aniki’ (Kitano) arrives in Los Angeles with nothing but a new name and a bag of cash. Re-uniting with his younger brother, he uses his extensive experience as a hardened gangster, to grow a small-time drug operation into an far-reaching criminal brotherhood, attracting the attention of rival gangs with bloodthirsty consequences.

Brother also stars Omar Epps (Juice), Claude Maki (A Scene at the Sea), and Tetsuya Watari (Outlaw: Gangster VIP).

IMPORTANT NOTE: An all-region Blu-ray player is required to view this movie. Standard U.S. Blu-ray players will NOT read Region B discs. If you're looking for a reliable all-region player, we've got you covered!

Limited Edition Features: 

• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film

Features: 

• Presented in High Definition
• The Green Flash (1988, 23 mins): Adam Davis’ short film about an encounter between a runaway and a gangster featuring a young Omar Epps in his first screen role
• Scenes by the Sea: The Life and Cinema of 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano (2000, 49 mins)
• Featurette: Behind the scenes footage and on-set interviews (2000, 2 mins)
• Cast and crew interviews: With director/actor Takeshi Kitano, producers Masayuki Mori and Jeremy Thomas, and actor Omar Epps (2000, 15 mins)
• Behind the scenes footage: On-set footage of Kitano at work with his crew (2000, 4 mins)

Technical Specs: 

• Year: 2000
• Country: USA/Japan
• Language: Japanese/Spanish/English
• Runtime: 114
• Subtitles: English