Crime Thriller Streets October 4th Source: Organic Marketing Official Movie Site: office-kitano.co.jp/brother (Japan) Special Thanks to Andy Green
Internationally acclaimed Japanese media phenomenon `Beat` Takeshi Kitano`s (ZATOICHI, BATTLE ROYALE) 2000 crime thriller BROTHER will be released on DVD in the United Kingdom by distributor Park Circus on October 4th. Kitano wrote, directed and starred in this straight-ahead gangster saga with a cross-cultural twist. The film focuses on Yamamoto (Kitano), a Yakuza gangster, who is forced out of the country when a gang war all but wipes out his clan. Armed with a fake credit card, a forged passport and a bag of money, he travels to Los Angeles, where he organizes one of the most powerful criminal syndicates in the city. Yamamoto seems unstoppable, until his gang runs afoul of the Mafia. Soon all that he built quickly and bloodily starts to unravel, as every member in his gang is marked for death.
BROTHER
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Masayo Kato, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima Winner - Best Supporting Actor (Susumu Terajima) Mainichi Film Concours Street Date: 4 October Label: Park Circus Region: 2, PAL Running Time: 112 mins approx Certificate: 18 (TBC) RRP: £15.99 Catalog Number: PC0016 Barcode: 5060203340162 DVD Extras: • ‘Making Of’ Featurette • Interviews with cast and crew • Trailer • Photo Gallery
