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Tokyo Drifter
Film / 1966

Tokyo Drifter

Directed by Seijun Suzuki
ThrillerCrimeAction

★ 7.1/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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

Tetsuya WatariTetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo Chieko MatsubaraChiharu Hideaki NitaniKenji Aizawa Tamio KawachiTatsuzo the Viper Eiji GōTanaka Tomoko HamakawaMutsuko Takeshi YoshidaKeiichi Isao TamagawaUmetani Eimei EsumiOtsuka Ryuji KitaKurata Yuzo KiuraFujimura Hiroshi ChōKumamoto
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Shuntaro TamamuraKoyanagi Michio HinoYoshii Hiroshi Midorikawa Shinzō Shibata Yū IzumiDetective Sakai Ikuo Nikaido Masaaki Honme Shiro Tonami Wataru Kobayashi Mitsuru Sawa Iwae Arai Yōko Yokota Hiroshi Takao Kiyoshi Ôba Tessen Nakahira Ken Mizoguchi Tadayuki Kitagami Tsuyoshi Izumi Akira Hisamatsu

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