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The Viper Brothers (1971)
Directed by Sadao Nakajima
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After spending several years in prison, yakuza punk Masa (Bunta Sugawara) and his underling, Katsuji (Tamio Kawachi) are back out in the mean streets of Kobe to make a name for themselves amongst the local yakuza organization.
Length 87 minutes
Actors
Bunta Sugawara | Tamio Kawachi | Tomomi Satô | Yuriko Mishima | Miwako Onaya | Masahiko Tanimura | Keijirô Morozumi | Shôtarô Hayashi | Masaji Arikawa | Yoshinobu Hirose | Kinji Nakamura | Daisuke Shiraba | Akitake Kôno | Ryôji Hayama | Bin Amatsu | Noboru Andô | Keiko Yamada | Kunijirô Yanagi | Isao Takanami | Katsutoshi Akiyama | Ei Iwagami | Gorô Ôki | Shôji Ôki | Toshio Kitagawa | Takuzô Kawatani | Masatoshi Ôya | Toshio Tomogane | Naotsugu Uzaki | Yoshiaki Yamashita | Sachio Miyagi | Tetsuya Yamaoka | Yasushi Ôshiro | Tsuyako Okajima | Midori Hiro | Tomi Kamiya | Eiko Azuma | Kojirô Kawanami | Hiroko Sakaki | Keiko Saegusa | Ryô Nishida
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/02/2025 | Computer | Other | Owned | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
After seeing Bunta Sugawara in Dynamite DonDon during the Summer Mind Melter, I wanted to watch more of his films. He’s so good, esp. as these anti-hero type of characters in yakuza movies. This is fun buddy flick where he and his little brother are trying to rise in the crime world but are two knuckleheads.
Kinda starts as a comedy but gets more serious as it goes along. Neat to see Yuriko Mishima here along with Tomomi Sato. Amazing that they made eight (8!) of these Viper Brothers films and none, AFAIK, have ever been release in any format in NA. Some cool label should release the entire series in a boxset.
There was no description in TMDb so I added the one that was on LB.
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