Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

4/10/1966

Runtime

83 mins

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 trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A sleek, propulsive cat-and-mouse thriller through 1960s Japan where style and atmosphere matter as much as the pursuit itself. Watch for the inventive visual play and the cool detachment with which violence erupts.

Mood

ParanoidTenseDefiant

Themes

BetrayalCrime

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrastFormalist

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

I forgot to log this yesterday night but the acting is good but nothing made sense to me.
Maybe there is something behind all of this but i really can't wrao my head around it.

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