The Viper Brothers (1971)
After spending several years in prison, yakuza punk Masa (Bunta Sugawara) and his underling, Katsuji (Tamio Kawachi) are back out in the mean streets of Kobe to make a name for themselves amongst the local yakuza organization.
Director:
Sadao Nakajima
Writer:
Kōji Takada
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Bunta Sugawara as Masataro (Goro Masa) |
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Tamio Kawachi as Katsuji (Immortal Katsu) |
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Noboru Andō as Yukichi Hayasaki |
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Tomomi Satō as Sayako Kozuki |
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Bin Amatsu as Tatsuya Yamakita |
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Ryōji Hayama as Wasaburo Umeda (Takihana second-in-command) |
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Akitake Kōno as Kingoro The Tattoo Master |
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Keijirō Morozumi as Tatsuichi (Takihana Gang) |
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Shōtarō Hayashi as Tomoeda Yasuhiko (Yamakita Gang) |
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Tsuyako Okajima as Matchmaker |
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Yuriko Mishima as Hanae |
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Miwako Onaya as Yoko |
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Takuzō Kawatani as Togo Shinkawa (thug) |
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Masahiko Tanimura as Inspector Hara |
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Masaharu Arikawa as Officer Yamanaka |
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Kinji Nakamura as Restaurant Manager |
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Keiko Yamada as Yuki Nojima |
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Yoshinobu Hirose as |
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Daisuke Shiraba as Kankuro Horie (tattoo apprentice) |
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Kunijirō Yanagi as |
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Isao Takanami as |
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Katsutoshi Akiyama as |
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Gorō Ōki as |
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Shōji Ōki as |
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Toshio Kitagawa as |
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Masatoshi Ōya as |
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Toshio Tomogane as |
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Naotsugu Uzaki as |
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Yoshiaki Yamashita as |
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Sachio Miyagi as |
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Tetsuya Yamaoka as |
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Yasushi Ōshiro as |
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Midori Hiro as |
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Tomi Kamiya as |
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Eiko Azuma as |
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Kojirō Kawanami as |
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Hiroko Sakaki as |
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Keiko Saegusa as |
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Ryō Nishida as |
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Ei Iwagami as Shozo Nomura (Yamakita with tommygun) |
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Yōko Mihara as |
| Directing | Sadao Nakajima | Director |
| Writing | Kōji Takada | Screenplay |
| Camera | Shigeru Akatsuka | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Shunsuke Kikuchi | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Kôzaburô Kitaguchi | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Jiro Tomita | Art Direction |
| Sound | Shigeji Nakayama | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Tadao Kanda | Editor |