The Brothers Sun on Netflix: What it's about, full cast and when it starts

Netflix's latest action-comedy is set to pull at a few heartstrings when it debuts later on this week. The Brothers Sun is an eight-part series following the lives of a criminal Asian-American family, starring Everything Everywhere All At Once's Michelle Yeoh.

When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun - played by Justin Chien - has to then head to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen Sun (Yeoh) and his naive younger brother, Bruce, played by Sam Song Li, who is none the wiser about his family's criminal activities.

But as Taipei’s deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance, Charles, Bruce, and their mother must heal the wounds caused by their separation — and figure out what brotherhood and family truly mean before one of their countless enemies kills them all.

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Created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, the series explores “what it means to be a son, what it means to be a brother, and also what it means to try and keep a family together,” said Falchuk, who also serves as showrunner, writer, and executive producer on the series.

He added: “We do an extreme version of it because they’re a crime family and there are people shooting at them and trying to kill them. But the conflicts they’re having — the problems they’re having internally, the emotional problems — are very, very universal.”

Meanwhile Michelle, who previously starred in Crazy Rich Asians, said she loves how the new series has “so much humour in it." Even the fight sequences have 'a little bit of a wink to them,' added Falchuk.

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