13 Dec 2000
Brother
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
The Viper Brothers Rage Again
Part 2 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.
Top Billed Cast
菅原文太 
川地民夫 
安藤昇 
久保浩 
遠藤太津朗 
名和宏 
工藤明子 
菅井きん 
三島ゆり子 
潮健児 
谷村昌彦 広瀬義宣 芦屋小雁 
女屋実和子 
有川正治 
北村英三
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