Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

62 mins | Crime, Action | June 9, 1961

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.

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

62 mins | Crime, Action | June 9, 1961

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
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.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 風来坊探偵 赤い谷の惨劇
Directors Michio Konishi, Kinji Fukasaku
Writers Yoshinari Matsubara, Fumio Kōnami

Cast

Sonny Chiba

as Goro Saionji

Harumi Sone

as Tetsu

Shigemi Kitahara

as Misako Kayama

Yuko Kobayashi

as Chikako Ueda

Yayoi Furusato

as Fumie

Junya Usami

as Seitaro Ueda

Mitsuo Andô

as Gen of Southpow

Ichirô Kojima

as Fumio Kayama

Akira Kuji

as Gamechi

Kazuo Nakanishi

as Child A from Ueda Farm

Naoyuki Umezawa

as Child B from Ueda Farm

Go Kosonoe

as Child D of Ueda Farm

Yukiko Okada

as Child E from Ueda Farm

Takashi Kanda

as Kito Daisaku

Mitsuru Takeuchi

as Child C from Ueda Farm