The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

1972 · 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.

Directed by Sadao Nakajima · Written by Michio Sobu

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