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The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail (1973)

★ 10.0/10 90 min Action, Comedy Japan Japanese
Screenplay by: Tatsuo Nogami
Streaming: Not available

Description

Part 5 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. After serving four and a half years in prison, Masa and his brother Katsuji leave Kobe to go to Nagoya to help a hostess get her daughter back from her mother. As they arrive in Nagoya, they get into a scuffle with the local yakuza affiliate. Sugawara and Kawaji's chemistry is even more evident here than usual, the storyline is alright if melodramatic. Delightful start with Tatsuo Endo as a nice guy prison guard! How many times have you seen that? And we got Kyosuke Machida (henchman) with cool beard and the always good Tsunehiko Watase (young hood) on board as well. One of the best films in the series.

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Top Cast

Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Tamio Kawachi
Tamio Kawachi
Kyōsuke Machida
Kyōsuke Machida
Yuriko Mishima
Yuriko Mishima
Tsunehiko Watase
Tsunehiko Watase
Tatsuo Endō
Tatsuo Endō
Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu
Aiko Mimasu
Aiko Mimasu

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