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Tokyo Drifter
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
1966 · Directed by Seijun Suzuki · 83 min · Thriller · Crime · Action · 37 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Kōhan Kawauchi
- Cinematography: Shigeyoshi Mine
- Edited by: Shinya Inoue
- Music: Hajime Kaburagi
- Production design: Takeo Kimura
- Produced by: Tetsuro Nakagawa
Cast
- Tetsuya Watari as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
- Chieko Matsubara as Chiharu
- Hideaki Nitani as Kenji Aizawa
- Tamio Kawachi as Tatsuzo the Viper
- Eiji Gō as Tanaka
- Tomoko Hamakawa as Mutsuko
- Takeshi Yoshida as Keiichi
- Isao Tamagawa as Umetani
- Eimei Esumi as Otsuka
- Ryuji Kita as Kurata
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: English, Japanese
- Studios: Nikkatsu Corporation
- Themes: hitman, yakuza, tokyo, japan, japanese noir, 1960s, japanese new wave
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