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Tokyo Drifter
Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

10 April 1966

Country

Japan

Cast

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo

Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

Kurata

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Otsuka

Chieko Matsubara

Chieko Matsubara

Chiharu

Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi

Tatsuzo the Viper

Hideaki Nitani

Hideaki Nitani

Kenji Aizawa

Eiji Gō

Eiji Gō

Tanaka

Tochiko Hamakawa

Tochiko Hamakawa

Mutsuko

Takeshi Yoshida

Takeshi Yoshida

Keiichi

Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

Umetani

Michio Hino

Michio Hino

Yoshii

Shuntaro Tamamura

Shuntaro Tamamura

Koyanagi

Hiroshi Midorigawa

Hiroshi Midorigawa

Hiroshi Chō

Hiroshi Chō

Kumamoto

Shinzō Shibata

Shinzō Shibata

Yuzo Kiura

Yuzo Kiura

Fujimura

Yū Izumi

Yū Izumi

Detective Sakai

Ikuo Nikaido

Ikuo Nikaido

Masaaki Honme

Masaaki Honme

Shiro Tonami

Shiro Tonami

Wataru Kobayashi

Wataru Kobayashi

Mitsuru Sawa

Mitsuru Sawa

Iwae Arai

Iwae Arai

Yōko Yokota

Yōko Yokota

Hiroshi Takao

Hiroshi Takao

Kiyoshi Ôba

Kiyoshi Ôba

Tessen Nakahira

Tessen Nakahira

Ken Mizoguchi

Ken Mizoguchi

Tadayuki Kitagami

Tadayuki Kitagami

Tsuyoshi Izumi

Tsuyoshi Izumi

Akira Hisamatsu

Akira Hisamatsu

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