
Brother(2000)
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. Original Title: ブラザー


Hiroko Ogi
Ai Konno

Akira Kobayashi
Goro Fujikawa

Shinjirō Ehara
Junichi Konno

Eiji Gō

Ryōhei Uchida

Jiro Okazaki

Ryōji Hayama

Masao Shimizu
Nobuko Aoki
Iwae Arai
The Elder Sister is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1969 exploring themes of yakuza, female yakuza. Directed by Buichi Saitō, it stars Hiroko Ogi, Akira Kobayashi, Shinjirō Ehara. Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.
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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. Original Title: ブラザー

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