Tokyo Drifter (1966)
- Released
- Runtime 1h 23m
- Director Seijun Suzuki
- Genres Action Crime Thriller
- Rating 7.1/10 (214 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Tetsuya Watari
as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
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Chieko Matsubara
as Chiharu
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Hideaki Nitani
as Kenji Aizawa
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Tamio Kawachi
as Tatsuzo the Viper
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Eiji Gō
as Tanaka
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Tomoko Hamakawa
as Mutsuko
- Takeshi Yoshida as Keiichi
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Isao Tamagawa
as Umetani
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Eimei Esumi
as Otsuka
- Ryuji Kita as Kurata
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Yuzo Kiura
as Fujimura
- Hiroshi Chō as Kumamoto
- Shuntaro Tamamura as Koyanagi
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Michio Hino
as Yoshii
- Hiroshi Midorikawa
- Shinzō Shibata
- Yū Izumi as Detective Sakai
- Ikuo Nikaido
Crew
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Seijun Suzuki
Director
- Shigeyoshi Mine Director of Photography
- Shinya Inoue Editor
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Hajime Kaburagi
Original Music Composer
- Tetsuro Nakagawa Producer
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Kōhan Kawauchi
Screenplay
