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While it is similar to other Creator/TakeshiKitano films featuring yakuzas, ''Brother'' is different by its settings and its production. Wether it's for the cast or the crew, it is a japanese-american film where Kitano tried to reach for a broader audience, especially an occidental one, after being praised for works such as ''{{Film/Sonatine}}'' and ''{{Film/Fireworks}}''. This is also the first film produced by Kitano's production company ''Office Kitano''.
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While it is similar to other Creator/TakeshiKitano films featuring yakuzas, the yakuza, ''Brother'' is different by its settings and its production. Wether Whether it's for the cast or the crew, it is a japanese-american Japanese-American film where Kitano tried to reach for a broader audience, especially an occidental one, after being praised for works such as ''{{Film/Sonatine}}'' and ''{{Film/Fireworks}}''. This is also the first film produced by Kitano's production company ''Office Kitano''.
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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: While [[spoiler:While Yamamoto and most of his fellow gangsters have been killed by the Mafia, Denny manages to run away along with a bag of cash given by Yamamoto.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The homeless man's bike.
* CoolShades: Denny eventually acquire those during his mother's birthday.
* CyanidePill: Shirase offers those to his clan members and suggests to use them in case they are caught by the mafia.
* DeathMontage: We get one after Shirase joins Yamamoto's gang.
* CoolShades: Denny eventually acquire those during his mother's birthday.
* CyanidePill: Shirase offers those to his clan members and suggests to use them in case they are caught by the mafia.
* DeathMontage: We get one after Shirase joins Yamamoto's gang.
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* TheCameo: Creator/PatMorita pops up as a poker player.
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* {{Fingore}}: See {{Yubitsume}}.
* FireForgedFriends: Yamamoto and Denny.
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* LanguageBarrier: This is an issue for Yamamoto when he arrives in Los Angeles. Hopefully, his brother becomes his interpret.
* LoveInterest: Marina.
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* [[spoiler: SoleSurvivor: Denny, [[spoiler:Denny, who manages to run away from the Mafia who has killed Yamamoto and his gang.]]
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* TranslatorBuddy: Ken, wether it's for his friends or Yamamoto.
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* {{Yubitsume}}: This is bound to happen in a yakuza film, though there are moments where a finger getting cut is censored, and others where it's not.
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While it is similar to other Creator/TakeshiKitano films featuring yakuzas, ''Brother'' is different by its settings and its production. Wether it's for the cast or the crew, it is a japanese-american film where Kitano tried to reach for a broader audience, especially an occidental one, after being praised for works such as {{Film/Sonatine}} and {{Film/Hanabi}}. This is also the first film produced by Kitano's production company ''Office Kitano''.
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While it is similar to other Creator/TakeshiKitano films featuring yakuzas, ''Brother'' is different by its settings and its production. Wether it's for the cast or the crew, it is a japanese-american film where Kitano tried to reach for a broader audience, especially an occidental one, after being praised for works such as {{Film/Sonatine}} ''{{Film/Sonatine}}'' and {{Film/Hanabi}}.''{{Film/Fireworks}}''. This is also the first film produced by Kitano's production company ''Office Kitano''.
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* BlackHumor
* BodyWipe: The first interaction between Yamamoto and Denny starts off with a shot of Denny walking into the camera.
* BodyWipe: The first interaction between Yamamoto and Denny starts off with a shot of Denny walking into the camera.
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* CoolShades: Denny eventually gets one acquire those during his mother's birthday.
* DecapitationPresentation: The mafia uses this method when Yamamoto's gang starts to cause them trouble.
* DissonantLaughter: Yamamoto has one when he tells a friend that he's sentenced to death in Japan.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Happens when Yamamoto guns down a driving car which then runs into a barrier and quickly explodes.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Happens when Yamamoto guns down a driving car which then runs into a barrier and quickly explodes.
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* HollywoodSilencer: It seems that shooting a gun with a pillow placed on the canon greatly reduces the sound of the gunshot.
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* MeaningfulName: Yamamoto is nicknamed ''Aniki'' which means ''Big brother'' in japanese, and this name fits Yamamoto's character wether it is litteral (as he is Ken's big brother) or symbolic (Kato considers him to be a fraternal figure to the gang).
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* MeaningfulName: Yamamoto is nicknamed ''Aniki'' which means ''Big brother'' in japanese, and this name fits Yamamoto's character wether it is litteral (as he is Ken's big brother) or symbolic (Kato considers him to be a fraternal big brother figure to the gang).
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* NiceToTheWaiter: Exaggerated with Yamamoto who tips 100 dollar bills to room service when he's at a hotel (perhaps he thinks that dollars are the same as yens).
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* ShoutOut: When playing basketball, Kato considers himself to be Michael Jordan. A henchman thinks that he actually looks like Shaquille O'Neal.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Kato towards Yamamoto.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Yamamoto makes an impressive shootout at a mexican gang base by headshooting everyone without a miss. He even bets 10 dollars to Denny that he'll be able to kill the gang leader in one shot, which he does.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Yamamoto makes an impressive shootout at a mexican gang base by headshooting everyone without a miss. He even bets 10 dollars to Denny that he'll he'd be able to kill the gang leader in one shot, which he does.
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* SuicideIsPainless: Shirase assures that taking a cyanide pill is a quick and painless way to die, rather than getting shot by the Mafia.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Denny and Yamamoto fake a bike-car accident in order to lure a guard and stab him down.
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* ForeignLanguageTitle: The french title of the movie is ''Aniki, mon frère'' (''Aniki, my brother'').
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* TranslatorBuddy: Ken, wether it's for his friends or Yamamoto.
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* BattleDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: As gangsters try to attack the Mafia as an act of revenge over Shirase's death,the whole shootout isn't filmed, and we only see the lighting of the gunshots on the face of a gangster who committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill.]]
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Yamamoto is a yakuza whose boss has been killed by an adversary clan. Fearing for his life, he decides to leave Japan for the US in order to find his little brother who has been part of a small drug-dealing gang. Yamamoto decides to help him, and thus, a new yakuza clan begins to take form in Los Angeles.
While it is similar to other Creator/TakeshiKitano films featuring yakuzas, ''Brother'' is different by its settings and its production. Wether it's for the cast or the crew, it is a japanese-american film where Kitano tried to reach for a broader audience, especially an occidental one, after being praised for works such as {{Film/Sonatine}} and {{Film/Hanabi}}. This is also the first film produced by Kitano's production company ''Office Kitano''.
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!! This Film Provides Examples Of:
* BattleDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: As gangsters try to attack the Mafia as an act of revenge over Shirase's death,the whole isn't filmed, and we only see the lighting of the gunshots on the face of a gangster who committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill.]]
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: When the mafia starts to attack Yamamoto's gang, Shirase offers cyanide pills to use in case they get caught.]]
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: While Yamamoto and most of his fellow gangsters have been killed by the Mafia, Denny manages to run away along with a bag of cash given by Yamamoto.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The homeless man's bike.
* CyanidePill: Shirase offers those to his clan members and suggests to use them in case they are caught by the mafia.
* DeathMontage: We get one after Shirase joins Yamamoto's gang.
* [[spoiler: DesecratingTheDead: As Ken takes money from the gang's vault after the Mafia has killed almost everyone, there are multiple dead bodies who are aligned in order to form the japanese character for "Death".]]
* {{Fingore}}: See {{Yubitsume}}.
* FireForgedFriends: Yamamoto and Denny.
* HairTriggerTemper: Shirase.
* HiddenWeapons: Zig zagged. [[spoiler: Before meeting various gang leaders at an office, Yamamoto and Ken decide to hide a gun in a toilet room which Ken will pick later when he'll leave the office. Unfortunately, the toilet room's taken, and Ken comes back to tell Yamamoto that he couldn't get the gun. Yamamoto indicates him that there are pistols attached under the table. He adds that he should always come prepared, before gunning down the gang leaders.]]
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler: Kato decides to commit suicide as a proof of loyalty to Yamamoto, after Shirase suggests him to shoot himself in the head. His suicide convinces Shirase to join Yamamoto.]]
* HowWeGotHere: The movie starts off with Yamamoto arriving in L.A. and later on we find out why he got here in the first place.
* LanguageBarrier: This is an issue for Yamamoto when he arrives in Los Angeles. Hopefully, his brother becomes his interpret.
* LoveInterest: Marina.
* MeaningfulName: Yamamoto is nicknamed ''Aniki'' which means ''Big brother'' in japanese, and this name fits Yamamoto's character wether it is litteral (as he is Ken's big brother) or symbolic (Kato considers him to be a fraternal figure to the gang).
* MobWar: Between Yamamoto's newfound gang, and different gangs in Los Angeles, including Main/TheMafia.
* [[spoiler: SoleSurvivor: Denny, who manages to run away from the Mafia who has killed Yamamoto and his gang.]]
* TheMafia
* TheStoic: Yamamoto manages to keep composure for a big part of the movie.
* TranslationConvention: Averted, as the actors actually speak japanese and/or english depending on the context, the best example being Ken who switches between japanese and english for interpreting purposes. There's also some spanish spoken by mexican gangsters.
* OralFixation: Denny keeps having a toothpick in his mouth.
* SuicideIsPainless: Shirase assures that taking a cyanide pill is a quick and painless way to die, rather than getting shot by the Mafia.
* {{Main/Yakuza}}
* {{Yubitsume}}: This is bound to happen in a yakuza film, though there are moments where a finger getting cut is censored, and others where it's not.
Yamamoto is a yakuza whose boss has been killed by an adversary clan. Fearing for his life, he decides to leave Japan for the US in order to find his little brother who has been part of a small drug-dealing gang. Yamamoto decides to help him, and thus, a new yakuza clan begins to take form in Los Angeles.
While it is similar to other Creator/TakeshiKitano films featuring yakuzas, ''Brother'' is different by its settings and its production. Wether it's for the cast or the crew, it is a japanese-american film where Kitano tried to reach for a broader audience, especially an occidental one, after being praised for works such as {{Film/Sonatine}} and {{Film/Hanabi}}. This is also the first film produced by Kitano's production company ''Office Kitano''.
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!! This Film Provides Examples Of:
* BattleDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: As gangsters try to attack the Mafia as an act of revenge over Shirase's death,the whole isn't filmed, and we only see the lighting of the gunshots on the face of a gangster who committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill.]]
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: When the mafia starts to attack Yamamoto's gang, Shirase offers cyanide pills to use in case they get caught.]]
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: While Yamamoto and most of his fellow gangsters have been killed by the Mafia, Denny manages to run away along with a bag of cash given by Yamamoto.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The homeless man's bike.
* CyanidePill: Shirase offers those to his clan members and suggests to use them in case they are caught by the mafia.
* DeathMontage: We get one after Shirase joins Yamamoto's gang.
* [[spoiler: DesecratingTheDead: As Ken takes money from the gang's vault after the Mafia has killed almost everyone, there are multiple dead bodies who are aligned in order to form the japanese character for "Death".]]
* {{Fingore}}: See {{Yubitsume}}.
* FireForgedFriends: Yamamoto and Denny.
* HairTriggerTemper: Shirase.
* HiddenWeapons: Zig zagged. [[spoiler: Before meeting various gang leaders at an office, Yamamoto and Ken decide to hide a gun in a toilet room which Ken will pick later when he'll leave the office. Unfortunately, the toilet room's taken, and Ken comes back to tell Yamamoto that he couldn't get the gun. Yamamoto indicates him that there are pistols attached under the table. He adds that he should always come prepared, before gunning down the gang leaders.]]
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler: Kato decides to commit suicide as a proof of loyalty to Yamamoto, after Shirase suggests him to shoot himself in the head. His suicide convinces Shirase to join Yamamoto.]]
* HowWeGotHere: The movie starts off with Yamamoto arriving in L.A. and later on we find out why he got here in the first place.
* LanguageBarrier: This is an issue for Yamamoto when he arrives in Los Angeles. Hopefully, his brother becomes his interpret.
* LoveInterest: Marina.
* MeaningfulName: Yamamoto is nicknamed ''Aniki'' which means ''Big brother'' in japanese, and this name fits Yamamoto's character wether it is litteral (as he is Ken's big brother) or symbolic (Kato considers him to be a fraternal figure to the gang).
* MobWar: Between Yamamoto's newfound gang, and different gangs in Los Angeles, including Main/TheMafia.
* [[spoiler: SoleSurvivor: Denny, who manages to run away from the Mafia who has killed Yamamoto and his gang.]]
* TheMafia
* TheStoic: Yamamoto manages to keep composure for a big part of the movie.
* TranslationConvention: Averted, as the actors actually speak japanese and/or english depending on the context, the best example being Ken who switches between japanese and english for interpreting purposes. There's also some spanish spoken by mexican gangsters.
* OralFixation: Denny keeps having a toothpick in his mouth.
* SuicideIsPainless: Shirase assures that taking a cyanide pill is a quick and painless way to die, rather than getting shot by the Mafia.
* {{Main/Yakuza}}
* {{Yubitsume}}: This is bound to happen in a yakuza film, though there are moments where a finger getting cut is censored, and others where it's not.
