The Viper Brothers Rage Again

1971 1h 29m JA

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

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Part 2 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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Bunta Sugawara
Tamio Kawachi
Noboru Andō
Hiroshi Kubo
Tatsuo Endō
Hiroshi Nawa
Akiko Kudō
Kin Sugai

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tatsuo Honda
Writers: Kōji Takada, Motohiro Torii
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Viper Brothers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tatsuo Honda, shot by Shigeru Akatsuka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi and Noboru Andō carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0323174 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tatsuo Honda directs. Shigeru Akatsuka behind the camera. Shunsuke Kikuchi scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
255 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Viper Brothers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Tatsuo Honda, shot by Shigeru Akatsuka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi and Noboru Andō carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0323174 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.