Tokyo Drifter
1966•12•1h 23m•7.1•Released
ThrillerCrimeAction
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.
Director
Seijun Suzuki
Writer
Kōhan Kawauchi
Languages
English, Japanese
Studio
Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Tetsuya Watari
Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
Chieko Matsubara
Chiharu
Hideaki Nitani
Kenji Aizawa
Tamio Kawachi
Tatsuzo the Viper
Eiji Gō
Tanaka
Tomoko Hamakawa
Mutsuko
Takeshi Yoshida
Keiichi
Isao Tamagawa
Umetani
Eimei Esumi
Otsuka
Ryuji Kita
Kurata
Yuzo Kiura
Fujimura
Hiroshi Chō
Kumamoto
Shuntaro Tamamura
Koyanagi
Michio Hino
Yoshii
Hiroshi Midorikawa
Production
Company
Nikkatsu Corporation
Producer
Tetsuro Nakagawa
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