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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
Overview:
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
Top 10 Billed Cast
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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