BROTHER (2000)
BEAT TAKESHI AKA TAKESHI KITANO
Plot
Yamamoto is forced to leave his native Japan and decides to go in search of his Americanised half brother, Ken, in Los Angeles. Ken is a small fry drug dealer while Yamamoto is a ruthless Yakuza assassin whose methods leave his American counterparts gasping at the brutal efficiency. As Yamamoto's gang begin to make inroads into the previously mafia controlled neighbourhood, the scene is set for a spectacular and bloody denouement. Brother is directed by the highly regarded Takeshi Kitano and stars his favourite actor and fellow director, Beat Takeshi, in their first English language film; not up there with the likes of Hana-Bi or Violent Cop, but blood, guts and style it has in spades.