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In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Tetsu’s attempt to go straight is thwarted when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. Director Seijun Suzuki’s onslaught of stylized violence and trippy colors is equal parts Russ Meyer, Samuel Fuller, and Nagisa Oshima—an anything-goes, in-your-face rampage. Tokyo Drifter is a delirious highlight of the brilliantly excessive Japanese cinema of the sixties.
Original Release
04/10/1966
US Release
09/15/2012
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Cast
| Name | Character |
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| Tetsuya Watari | Tetsuya 'Phoenix Tetsu' Hondo / Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo |
| Chieko Matsubara | Chiharu |
| Hideaki Nitani | Kenji Aizawa |
| Tamio Kawaji | Tatsuzo, The Viper / Tatsuzo the Viper |
| Ryûji Kita | Kurata |
| Eiji Gô | Tanaka |
| Isao Tamagawa | Umetani |
| Eimei Esumi | Otsuka |
| Tomoko Hamakawa | Mutsuko |
| Takeshi Yoshida | Keiichi |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tetsuya Watari | Tetsuya 'Phoenix Tetsu' Hondo / Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo |
| Chieko Matsubara | Chiharu |
| Hideaki Nitani | Kenji Aizawa |
| Tamio Kawaji | Tatsuzo, The Viper / Tatsuzo the Viper |
| Ryûji Kita | Kurata |
| Eiji Gô | Tanaka |
| Isao Tamagawa | Umetani |
| Eimei Esumi | Otsuka |
| Tomoko Hamakawa | Mutsuko |
| Takeshi Yoshida | Keiichi |
| Michio Hino | Yoshii |
| Shuntarô Tamamura | Koyanagi |
| Hiroshi Midorikawa | |
| Hiroshi Chô | Kumamoto |
| Akira Hisamatsu | (as Kosuke Hisamatsu) |
| Shinzô Shibata | Otoyoshi |
| Yuzo Kiura | Fujimura |
| Yû Izumi | Detective Sakai |
| Ikuo Nikaido | |
| Masaaki Honme |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Tetsuro Nakagawa | Producer |
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