Tokyo Drifter (movie)
東京流れ者- User score: 7.1
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Seijun Suzuki
- Production companies: Nikkatsu Corporation
- Genre: Crime, Action, Drama
- Release date: 4/10/1966
- Run time: 83 min.
Movie description
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.