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Tokyo Drifter (1966)

Directed by Seijun Suzuki

Crime | Thriller

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Overview

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.

Length 83 minutes

Actors

Tetsuya Watari | Ryuji Kita | Eimei Esumi | Chieko Matsubara | Tamio Kawachi | Hideaki Nitani | Eiji Gō | Tochiko Hamakawa | Takeshi Yoshida | Isao Tamagawa | Michio Hino | Shuntaro Tamamura | Hiroshi Midorigawa | Hiroshi Chô | Shinzô Shibata | Yuzo Kiura | Yû Izumi | Ikuo Nikaido | Masaaki Honme | Shiro Tonami | Wataru Kobayashi | Mitsuru Sawa | Iwae Arai | Yôko Yokota | Hiroshi Takao | Kiyoshi Ôba | Tessen Nakahira | Ken Mizoguchi | Tadayuki Kitagami | Tsuyoshi Izumi | Akira Hisamatsu

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

Looking forward to seeing this on the big screen! Thought all the Suzuki films in this series at Siskel Film Center were 35mm but this was DCP. Not a big deal and this was the newly restored print so it looked flawless with the colors really popping. The final setpiece was great to see big.

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