Brother (2000)

Kitano plays a hard-edged Japanese yakuza exiled to L.A. He doesn't speak the language or respect the pecking order. Instead of being the awkward fish out of water he remains a big fish but in a different pond; the only problem with that scenario is that the pond is already well-stocked with Mafia.
It’s a Japanese/British co-production that some hoped would bridge a divide, but (thankfully) it turned out 100% Kitano because he wrote, directed, edited, starred and got regular composer Joe Hisaishi to score.

4 long shots out of 5