The brotherhood of "Sonata" is naturally affirming and sympathetic, but the feeling of "Big Brother" is even more embarrassing. Yamamoto, played by Takeshi Kitano, treats his friends and his brothers equally as a triad leader, and he puts strong feelings on him. For example, he flees Japan for his brothers, and teaches his enemies alone for his brothers... Yamamoto's efforts are nothing more than to establish equal relationships with his brothers. But things backfired. The subordinates only regarded it as a kindness and respected Yamamoto very much.
This is not the brotherhood that Yamamoto hopes for, all he needs is equal friendship, but his status as a big brother is also destined to be difficult for him to obtain this kind of emotion. So Yamamoto became depressed, and his smile gradually disappeared in his facial paralysis. After the death of Terashima, the society was strong, and Yamamoto began to escape and play with the world, because he could not bear the dedication of his brothers, and he could not accept the respect that his brothers respected him. So he can only stay alone in this insurmountable relationship.
The black Danny, perhaps due to his personality or cultural differences, is the only one who can get along with Yamamoto on an equal footing, so Yamamoto is quite comfortable with him. In each other’s games, Yamamoto has returned to humanity and found emotions. Of solace. This is also the reason why Yamamoto treated Danny kindly, and it was also the reason why Danny was crying at the end of the film.
Like "The Godfather 2," the lofty and incomprehensible loneliness told under the film lens, but "Big Brother" adopts a kind of silence. And express it in a playful style. Just like the movie title: Brother, but the movie still lacks true brotherhood, this contrast constitutes a wonderful irony.
Perhaps Japan's "fear of disturbing others" mentality is the serious consequence of social alienation. They don’t fall in love with each other, and they don’t trust each other in a sense of alienation. For example, the Japanese gangs often cut their stomachs to make clear their aspirations. But once the sense of estrangement is eliminated, it will move to another type of extreme, which is to entrust life-like acquaintances, and this kind of relationship always bears too much responsibility and pressure. Perhaps this is why Kitano Takeshi made this movie.
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