The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

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

August 25, 1972

Status

Released

Original Title

まむしの兄弟 傷害恐喝十八犯

Runtime

1h 28min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Japanese

Production Companies

Toei Company

Part of

The Viper Brothers Collection

Includes: The Viper Brothers, The Viper Brothers Rage Again, The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13, The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats, The Viper Brothers: Jail - Living for 4 1/2 Years, The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers, The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges, The Viper Brothers and the Young General