Tokyo Drifter

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Synopsis: In this "free-jazz gangster film," "Phoenix" Tetsu drifts around Japan awaiting his own extinction until he's called back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. Equal parts Russ Meyer, Nagisa Oshima, and Frank Tashlin, this "barrage of aesthetic violence, visual gags, and mind-warping color effects." once again put director Seijin Suzuki in trouble with Nikkatsu studio heads, who had ordered him to "play it straight this time."

Alternate Title(s): The Man from Tokyo, Tokyo Drifter

Directed By:	Seijun Suzuki	Genre:	Action / Crime / Drama
Cast:	Hideaki Esumi, Eiji Go, Tamio Kawaji, Ryuji Kita, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tetsuya Watari, Tsuyoshi Yoshida	Year of Production:	1966

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Disc(s) for this Movie:

Tokyo Drifter - Criterion Collection (DVD, NR)

Region: 1
Released: Feb-23-1999
Run Time: 83 minutes

Tokyo Drifter (Tokyo nagaremono) (DVD, M)

Region: 4
Released: Nov-8-2002
Run Time: N/A

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* illini4life (Added movie on February 10, 2007)

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