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82 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Blood Brothers
2002 1h 22m JA
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Synopsis
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The Dragon Tiger brothers who live as yakuza in the Han Chinese district of Japan. The arm of his brother, Noboru, is engraved with a dragon rising to the sky, and the arm of his brother, Takeshi, is engraved with a tattoo symbolizing himself. After the war, they draw the blood of Sangokujin Wang Haidong, who was killed in a mutiny in abandoned Japan, but has been gratefully serving the leader of the Takeda group who murdered his father. One day the group leader tells them to take over the group. Honda, a young leader who is not convinced by this, partnered with the head of black society, Wang Rei, and began taking over the Han Chinese district and the Takeda group. As a result, brothers Ryu-Tora and Wang Retsu will play a deadly battle without meeting the real brothers who draw Wang Haidong's blood.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Show Aikawa
Noburo
Hitoshi Ozawa
Takeshi
Kentarō Shimizu
Takeda Clan Boss
Yōsuke Natsuki
Tachibana
Yūsuke Natsu
Tadashi Sato
Hiromi Nakajima
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Hitoshi Ozawa
- Writers
- Hiroyuki Tsuji, Hitoshi Ozawa
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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The take
Hitoshi Ozawa directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 24 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Show Aikawa and Hitoshi Ozawa and Kentarō Shimizu carry the top of the cast.
- 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 82 min · 1h 22m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Hitoshi Ozawa
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2002-11-30
- Physical2005-07-25
Also known as
International titles
- 龍虎兄弟 BLOOD BROTHERSJP
