Tokyo Drifter 1966 123movies

Watch: 東京流れ者 1966 123movies, Full Movie Online – In Tokyo, the gangster Tetsu (Tetsuya Watari) regenerates when his yakuza boss Kurata (Ryuji Kita) decides to quit his criminal life. However, the mobster family leaded by Otsuka (Hideaki Esumi) threatens Kurata’s legitimate business, and Tetsu decides to leave Kurata to relief the pressure on him. He leaves also his girlfriend Chiharu (Chieko Matsubara) and becomes a drifter moving to the country. When Tetsu is betrayed, he returns to Tokyo to resolve his situation..
Plot: After 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.
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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 8,907
	93% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 138 Popularity: 9.225 | TMDB

Reviews:

Breathless Plains Drifter
Going straight proves challenging for an ageing yakuza boss and his loyal enforcer as they learn that others still hold grudges against them in this crime drama from Japan. With lots of vivid colours and imaginative interiors akin to a big budget Hollywood musical, ‘Tokyo Drifter’ is an incredibly stylish film and the memorable bits and pieces are hard to shake, like one scene where lead actor Tetsuya Watari plays chicken on a set of train tracks with a man trying to kill him. The virtues are, however, few and far between. The movie is extremely heavy on dialogue and very light on action (except near the end) and with it sometimes unclear who exactly certainly characters are and what exactly they hold against Watari, it is little surprise to learn that many have found the film incomprehensible over time – including the studio who made the film, which fired the director soon afterwards. Watari is additionally saddled with singing aloud a repetitive theme song about being a drifter; not only does the tune get on the nerves, there is an unintentional hilarity to a hardened gangster who sings as he goes from job to job. The film is not quite as worthless as it may sound though; the basic story of a former yakuza cut off from his boss and clan brings to mind ‘Yojimbo’, though stylistically, the film is perhaps best thought of as Godard/’Breathless’ attempt to quash genre conventions. It is interesting for sure for as curiosity piece, but those looking for an action thriller or a drama about lost identity and loneliness would do better to look elsewhere.

Other Information:

Original Language ja
Runtime 1 hr 29 min (89 min), 1 hr 22 min (82 min) (USA), 1 hr 22 min (82 min) (Germany)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Action, Crime
Director Seijun Suzuki
Writer Yasunori Kawauchi
Actors Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani
Country Japan
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Nikkatsuscope (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm