Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter (1966)

東京流れ者

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.

Date of release
1966-04-10
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (219)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Action
Director
Seijun Suzuki

Casting

  • 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

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