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.
The Symbol of a Man
A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict.
Top Billed Cast
高橋英樹 Ryuji Oshima
和泉雅子 Haruko
石山健二郎 Shozaburo Oshima
名古屋章 Saiga
轟夕起子 Kiyo Murata
小池朝雄 Tatsu
近藤宏 Yuzo
大坂志郎 Kanzo
木島一郎 Matsukawa
木浦佑三 Kudo
富田仲次郎 Nishino
井上昭文 Mukaino
武藤章生 Tsukamoto
玉村俊太郎 Gondo
河上信夫 Ueki
杉寛 Ejima
松本染升 Tokudano
雪丘恵介 Hospital Director
柳瀬志郎 Tsubo furi
藤岡重慶 Lieutenant Colonel Sagawa
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