13 Dec 2000
Brother
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.
Top Billed Cast
宍戸錠 Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
渡辺美佐子 Kumiko Takeshita
川地民夫 Hideo Nomoto
香月美奈子 Sawako Miura
平田大三郎 Shibata
江角英明 Gorô Minami
郷鍈治 Shigeru Takechi
小林昭二 Tatsuo Nomoto
清水将夫 Yôsuke Ishiyama
金子信雄 Sôichi Ozawa
上野山功一 Masao Hisano
木浦佑三 Takeo Minegishi
星ナオミ Keiko
河野弘 Seizô Honma
玉村俊太郎 Shôichi Maeda
鈴木瑞穂 Detective Hirokawa
山田禅二 Fujita
阿部百合子 
Ikuko Kimuro 
柳瀬志郎 Ken Ishizaki
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