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 Yakuza Code Still Lives
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
Top Billed Cast
松方弘樹 Hiroshi Jinno
小林旭 Akimitsu Hojo
中島ゆたか Ryoko
佐藤友美 
室田日出男 Tsuneyuki Okimoto
川谷拓三 Teruhisa Yoshinaga
今井健二 Shibata
遠藤太津朗 
三上真一郎 Minoru Sakamoto
南道郎 
阿波地大輔 Furukawa
片桐竜次 
西田良 
岩尾正隆 Tetsu Sakai Narrator (voice)
夏八木勲 Takemori
地井武男 Yutaka Kashiwagi
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