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Tokyo Drifter(1966)
Status: Released
Date: 1966-04-10
71%
190 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
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.
Languages: English, Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
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Movie: Tokyo Drifter
Top 10 Billed Cast
渡哲也
Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
北竜二
Kurata
江角英明
Otsuka
松原智恵子
Chiharu
川地民夫
Tatsuzo the Viper
二谷英明
Kenji Aizawa
郷鍈治
Tanaka
玉川伊佐男
Umetani
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