Tokyo Drifter (1966)

About This Movie

Tokyo Drifter is a 1966 thriller and crime film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Its leading cast includes Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara and Hideaki Nitani. It runs for 1 hour 23 minutes. It belongs to the Tokyo Drifter Collection. Its original language is Japanese.

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Trailer

Tokyo Drifter 東京流れ者 (1966) ORIGINAL TRAILER [SUB] · plays from YouTube

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
• T Takeshi Yoshida Keiichi
• Isao Tamagawa Umetani
• Eimei Esumi Otsuka
• R Ryuji Kita Kurata
• Yuzo Kiura Fujimura
• H Hiroshi Chō Kumamoto
• S Shuntaro Tamamura Koyanagi
• Michio Hino Yoshii
• H Hiroshi Midorikawa
• S Shinzō Shibata
• Y Yū Izumi Detective Sakai
• I Ikuo Nikaido