The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972)

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.

• Release Date: 1972-08-25
• Runtime: 1h 28min
• Production Company: Toei Company
• Production Country: Japan
• Director: Sadao Nakajima
• Writers: Michio Sobu, Susumu Saji.