The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

1972 1h 28m JA

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★10.0TMDB · 1

ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

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Part 4 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. Sugawara tries to overcome a traumatic experience of getting in bed blindfolded with a girl who turned out to be an old granny. Later he and Kawaji try to settle down in a neighbourhood harassed by businessman yakuza Bin Amatsu.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Bunta Sugawara
Tsunehiko Watase
Masaru Shiga
Naoya Makoto
Tamio Kawachi
Taiji Tonoyama
Sanae Kitabayashi
Kantarō Suga

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sadao Nakajima
Writers: Susumu Saji, Michio Sobu
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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

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2 / 7

ERA

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54 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

CINEMA

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

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Bunta Sugawara and Tsunehiko Watase and Masaru Shiga carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0323169 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sadao Nakajima directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
254 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.
5Bunta Sugawara and Tsunehiko Watase and Masaru Shiga carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0323169 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.