Brothers

About Brothers

Brothers is a 2007 Hong Kong film. The story follows the relationship between two brothers who are part of a Hong Kong triad. The film mostly takes place in Hong Kong and Bangkok, Thailand. Produced by Andy Lau's Focus Films, Brothers is directed by Derek Chiu and written by Chan Kin-chung and Y.C. Kong. The film was released in mainland China in the name of 兄弟之生死同盟.

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Brothers is a 2007 Hong Kong film. The story follows the relationship between two brothers (Michael Miu and Eason Chan) who are part of a Hong Kong triad. The film mostly takes place in Hong Kong and Bangkok, Thailand. Produced by Andy Lau's Focus Films, Brothers is directed by Derek Chiu and written by Chan Kin-chung and Y.C. Kong. The film was released in mainland China in the name of 兄弟之生死同盟 (pinyin: Xiōngdì zhī Shēngsǐ Tóngméng; lit. Brothers: Alliance of Life and Death).

Co starring leads include Andy Lau, Huang Yi, Felix Wong, Kent Tong and Teddy Lin. The film marks a 16-year reunion of four out of the Five Tiger Generals of TVB since The Tigers (1991), except for Tony Leung, who was unavailable as he was filming Lust, Caution (2007).

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Cast

Tam family

Wang Zhiwen as Tam Shun-tin

Elaine Jin as Tin's wife

Michael Miu as Tam Chung-yiu, Tin's eldest son

Eason Chan as Tam Chung-shun, Tin's youngest son

Felix Wong as Ghostie

Huang Yi as Chong Ching, Yiu's lawyer and girlfriend

Yim family

Henry Fong as "Uncle Nine" Yim Sai-kau

Kent Tong as Yim Kwok-kui, Uncle Nine's son

Teddy Lin as Chacha

Police department

Yu Rongguang as Superintendent Cheung Man-wah

Andy Lau as Chief Inspector Lau Chun-fui

Gordon Lam as Sergeant Lam Sun

Jonathan Cheung and Chan Wing-chun as police officers

Other

Lam Suet as Old Ghost, Ghostie's father

Wong Ching as "Uncle Chow" Ho Jau

Benny Li as Thunder

Eddie Cheung as the fruit stall keeper

Six-ching Szeto as Master

Awards

27th Hong Kong Film Awards

Nominated: Best Original Film Song

"Brothers"

Written by Eason Chan

Lyrics by Andy Lau

Performed by Andy Lau and Eason Chan

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Notable quotes

“The brother is that mountain that Iassigned to myself at adversity, how loved ones and the Lord of the universe Shenad said to your brother your brother is the bond and the companion of the soul is the first friend and the most important thing in life.”
— Abdelnasser Abdelfattah
“Not only had my brother disappeared, but--and bear with me here--a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared.”
— John Corey Whaley
“You'll have me. No matter how thick the night, I will always be there to light your way.You'll have me. No matter how thick the night, I will always be there to light your way.”
— Hafsah Faizal
“There’s no other love like the love for a brother. There’s no other love like the love from a brother.”
— Terri Guillemets
“Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.9Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground.”
— Genesis 4: 8-10, New American Standard Bible.
“But whoever has this world’s means for supporting life and beholds his brother having need and yet shuts the door of his tender compassions upon him, in what way does the love of God remain in him?”
— First Epistle of John 3:17

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