Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley (1961)

風来坊探偵　赤い谷の惨劇

The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.

Date of release
1961-06-09
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 2m
Genres
Crime, Action, Western
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Collection
Drifting Detective Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley is a 1961 Japanese action film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Sonny Chiba. It was filmed in black and white with mono audio. It was Fukasaku's directorial debut, and Chiba's first starring role in a film. The film was followed by the sequel Drifting Detective: Black Wind in the Harbor, also released in 1961.

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