The Viper Brothers and the Young General
Genres
Overview
The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + sidekick Takuzo Kawatani) whom he takes for friends in need as his naivety prevents him from seeing their true nature.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
91 min
Release Date
1975-03-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
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Vote Average
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Bunta Sugawara
Tamio Kawachi
Mako Midori
Ichiro Araki
Kirin Kiki
Saburō Bōya
Hideo Murota
Takuzō Kawatani
Yuriko Mishima
Maki Tachibana
Masumi Jun
Tomiko Ishii
Shōtarō Hayashi
Akira Shioji
Gajirō Satō
Fumio Watanabe
Tōru Abe
Nobuo Kaneko
Hiroshi Nawa
Kojirō Kawanami
Ryō Nishida
Masaru Shiga
Minken Karasawa
Masataka Naruse
Isao Takanami
Gorō Ōki
Masaharu Arikawa
Takashi Noguchi
Masataka Iwao
Satoru Nabe
Kuniomi Kitani
Toshio Tomogane
Yûsuke Tsukasa
Kōjiro Shirakawa
Ryōta Minowada
Mineko Maruhira
Rena Uchimura
Shinji Oda
Yasumori Hikita
Ryuji Katagiri
Toshio Kitagawa
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