Tokyo Drifter poster
Director Seijun Suzuki
Screenplay Kōhan Kawauchi

Tokyo Drifter

Original Title: 東京流れ者

Release Date: 1966-04-10

Duration: 83 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Hideaki Nitani
    Kenji Aizawa
  • Michio Hino
    Yoshii
  • Chieko Matsubara
    Chiharu
  • Ryuji Kita
    Kurata
  • Tetsuya Watari
    Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
  • Eiji Gō
    Tanaka
  • Tamio Kawachi
    Tatsuzo the Viper
  • Yuzo Kiura
    Fujimura
  • Hiroshi Chō
    Kumamoto
  • Iwae Arai