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7.1After 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.
Released: 1966-04-1083 minDir: Seijun SuzukiThriller, Crime, ActionPart of: Tokyo Drifter Collection
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Cast
- Tetsuya Watari as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
- Chieko Matsubara as Chiharu
- Hideaki Nitani as Kenji Aizawa
- Tamio Kawachi as Tatsuzo the Viper
- Eiji Gō as Tanaka
- Tomoko Hamakawa as Mutsuko
Themes
- hitman
- yakuza
- tokyo, japan
- japanese noir
- 1960s
- japanese new wave
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Director
- Seijun Suzuki
- Screenwriter
- Kōhan Kawauchi
- Cast member
- Ryūji Kita
- Production company
- Nikkatsu
- Narrative location
- Japan
- Filming location
- Japan
- Duration
- 83
- FilmAffinity ID
- 850951
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1966-04-10
- title
- 東京流れ者
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 93%
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