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The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail(1973)
Status: Released
Date: 1973-02-17
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Time: 1h 30m
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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.
Languages: Japanese.
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Movie: The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
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菅原文太
川地民夫
待田京介
三島ゆり子
渡瀬恒彦
遠藤太津朗
小松方正
三益愛子
曽根晴美
高宮敬二
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「まむしの兄弟 刑務所暮し四年半」(公開年月日 1973年02月17日) 予告編 - Trailer
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