Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter
Theatrical poster
Directed bySeijun Suzuki
Written byYasunori Kawauchi
Produced byTetsuro Nakagawa
StarringTetsuya Watari
Chieko Matsubara
Hideaki Nitani
CinematographyShigeyoshi Mine
Edited byShinya Inoue
Music byHajime Kaburagi
Production
company
Release date
  • April 10, 1966 (1966-04-10)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tokyo Drifter (東京流れ者, Tōkyō nagaremono) is a 1966 yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The story follows the reformed yakuza hitman "Phoenix" Tetsu, played by Tetsuya Watari, who is forced to roam Japan while avoiding execution by rival gangs.