Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

Part of Tokyo Drifter Collection

1966•1h 23m•7.1/10

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🎬TMDb

7.1/10(206)

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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Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo

Chieko Matsubara

Chieko Matsubara

Chiharu

Hideaki Nitani

Hideaki Nitani

Kenji Aizawa

Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi

Tatsuzo the Viper

Eiji Gō

Eiji Gō

Tanaka

Tomoko Hamakawa

Tomoko Hamakawa

Mutsuko

Takeshi Yoshida

Keiichi

Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

Umetani

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Otsuka

Ryuji Kita

Kurata

Yuzo Kiura

Yuzo Kiura

Fujimura

Hiroshi Chō

Kumamoto

Shuntaro Tamamura

Koyanagi

Michio Hino

Michio Hino

Yoshii

Hiroshi Midorikawa

Shinzō Shibata

Yū Izumi

Detective Sakai

Ikuo Nikaido

Masaaki Honme

Shiro Tonami

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