Tokyo Drifter

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.

Cast

Tetsuya Watari

as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo

Ryuji Kita

as Kurata

Eimei Esumi

as Otsuka

Chieko Matsubara

as Chiharu

Tamio Kawachi

as Tatsuzo the Viper

Hideaki Nitani

as Kenji Aizawa

Eiji Gō

as Tanaka

Tochiko Hamakawa

as Mutsuko

Takeshi Yoshida

as Keiichi

Isao Tamagawa

as Umetani

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