Tokyo Drifter
April 10, 1966
Overview
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...More
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.
Cast and crew
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Seijun Suzuki
Director
Tetsuya Watari
Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
Ryuji Kita
Kurata
Eimei Esumi
Otsuka
Chieko Matsubara
Chiharu
Tamio Kawachi
Tatsuzo the Viper
Hideaki Nitani
Kenji Aizawa
Eiji Gō
Tanaka
TH
Tochiko Hamakawa
Mutsuko
TY
Takeshi Yoshida
Keiichi
Isao Tamagawa
Umetani
Michio Hino
Yoshii
ST
Shuntaro Tamamura
Koyanagi
HM
Hiroshi Midorigawa
HC
Hiroshi Chō
Kumamoto
SS
Shinzō Shibata
Yuzo Kiura
Fujimura
YI
Yū Izumi
Detective Sakai
IN
Ikuo Nikaido
MH
Masaaki Honme
ST
Shiro Tonami
WK
Wataru Kobayashi
MS
Mitsuru Sawa
IA
Iwae Arai
YY
Yōko Yokota
HT
Hiroshi Takao
KÔ
Kiyoshi Ôba
TN
Tessen Nakahira
KM
Ken Mizoguchi
TK
Tadayuki Kitagami
TI
Tsuyoshi Izumi
AH
Akira Hisamatsu