Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

83 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | April 10, 1966

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.

Tokyo Drifter

83 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | April 10, 1966

Tokyo Drifter
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 東京流れ者
Directors Masami Kuzû, Seijun Suzuki
Writers Kōhan Kawauchi

Cast

Tetsuya Watari

as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo

Chieko Matsubara

as Chiharu

Tamio Kawachi

as Tatsuzo the Viper

Hideaki Nitani

as Kenji Aizawa

Eiji Gō

as Tanaka

Tochiko Hamakawa

as Mutsuko

Takeshi Yoshida

as Keiichi

Isao Tamagawa

as Umetani

Eimei Esumi

as Otsuka

Ryuji Kita

as Kurata

Michio Hino

as Yoshii

Shuntaro Tamamura

as Koyanagi

Hiroshi Chō

as Kumamoto

Yuzo Kiura

as Fujimura

Yû Izumi

as Detective Sakai