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TOKYO DRIFTER

Director: Seijun Suzuki Run Time: 83 min. Release Year: 1966 Language: Japanese

Starring: Chieko Matsubara, Eiji Gō, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawachi, Tetsuya Watari

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.

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