Tokyo Drifter
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In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Tetsu’s attempt to go straight is thwarted when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. Director Seijun Suzuki’s onslaught of stylized violence and trippy colors is equal parts Russ Meyer, Samuel Fuller, and Nagisa Oshima—an anything-goes, in-your-face rampage. Tokyo Drifter is a delirious highlight of the brilliantly excessive Japanese cinema of the sixties.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Video piece featuring new interviews with director Seijun Suzuki and assistant director Masami Kuzuu
- Interview with Suzuki from 1997
- Trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Howard Hampton
New cover by Eric Skillman
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Video piece featuring new interviews with director Seijun Suzuki and assistant director Masami Kuzuu
- Interview with Suzuki from 1997
- Trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Howard Hampton
New cover by Eric Skillman
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Cast
- Tetsuya Watari
- Tetsuya Hondo
- Chieko Matsubara
- Chiharu
- Tamio Kawaji
- Tatsuzo
- Ryuji Kita
- Kurata
- Hideaki Nitani
- Kenji Aizawa
- Eiji Go
- Tanaka
- Tomoko Hamakawa
- Mutsuko
- Takeshi Yoshida
- Keiichi
- Isao Tamagawa
- Umetani
Credits
- Director
- Seijun Suzuki
- Producer
- Tetsuro Nakagawa
- Assistant director
- Masami Kuzuu
- Original story and screenplay
- Kouhan Kawauchi
- Cinematography
- Shigeyoshi Mine
- Editing
- Chikaya Inoue
- Production design
- Takeo Kimura
- Music
- Hajime Kaburagi
- Theme song by
- Tetsuya Watari
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