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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
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The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

1972-08-25 · 88 min · ★ 10.0

Action · Comedy · Crime

Part 4 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of getting in bed blindfolded with a girl who turned out to be an old granny. Later he and Kawaji try to settle down in a neighbourhood harassed by businessman yakuza Bin Amatsu.

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Directors
Sadao Nakajima
Production companies
Toei Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Bunta SugawaraBunta Sugawara
Tsunehiko WataseTsunehiko Watase
Masaru ShigaMasaru Shiga
Naoya MakotoNaoya Makoto
Tamio KawachiTamio Kawachi
Taiji TonoyamaTaiji Tonoyama
Sanae KitabayashiSanae Kitabayashi
Kantarō SugaKantarō Suga
Akira ShiojiAkira Shioji
Tatsuo EndōTatsuo Endō
Yuriko MishimaYuriko Mishima
Bin AmatsuBin Amatsu
Kyōsuke MachidaKyōsuke Machida
Ryō NishidaRyō Nishida
Minken KarasawaMinken Karasawa

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