Seijun SUZUKI 鈴木清順

Tokyo Drifter

Nippon Retro   ² 

Young yakuza "Phoenix" Tetsu drifts north and south of Tokyo after his yakuza group has been disbanded. Amazing colour schemes, abstract artwork, bended time and place connections and the theme song make this one of SUZUKI’s masterpieces.

Japan 1966

83 minutes

Director
Seijun SUZUKI

Script
Yasunori KAWAUCHI based on a novel by Yasunori KAWAUCHI

Cinematography
Shigeyoshi MINE

Music
So KABURAGI

Production
Nikkatsu

World sales
Nikkatsu, Japan Foundation

Cast
Tetsuya WATARI, Chieko MATSUBARA, Hideaki NITANI, Tamio KAWAJI

About Seijun SUZUKI
鈴木清順

1923 – 2017

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