How can this be possible?
My Brother's Husband is a story of regrets, missed opportunities, the lack of courage and Japan!
Story; Yuichi and his daughter receive the visit from Mike, a Canadian husband of Yuichi's twin brother, recently deceased. Looking like a giant teddybear, Mike conquers all with his kindness and finesse and intelligence!

This is not a BL but an an intimate slice of life story featuring a gay character.
This is not much of a comedy either, nothing funny happens!


What I liked:
- the main actor Sato Ryuta
- very sweet and not annoying little girl
- amazing ex wife
- the story

What I did not like
- the relationship between the little girl and Mike: a bit too close and too sudden
- the description(or the lack thereof) of japanese society's view on LGBT issues
- the last scene (OTT unnecessary!)

So the story is heartwarming! Mike manages with his kindness to make Yuichi understand his brother better. And therein lies the tragedy because no matter how much he regrets not trying to talk to his brother more, he can never make up for the lost time. The story is about these four characters and their interactions.
Japanese society is known for its utmost politeness, restraint (at one moment the father refuses to hug his own daughter: such is the conditioning !) and the way they do not show their feeling in front of other people, children as much as adults! Mike comes, fully versed in japanese customs and helps them crack the mould a bit. Everyone is better for it!
What this story is missing is a better representation of ordinary people towards LGBT: it has been only briefly touched upon: blink and you miss it!

The actors are all amazing with a special mention of the former sumo star, Estonian Baruto Kaito who plays Mike. He was a revelation! To be honest, I almost dropped this when he showed up, it was a kind of WTF?!? moment but as this was a part of a challenge, I continued watching! And I was not disappointed!

Music & cinematography were there, unremarkable...

Ototo no Otto is a great single watch!