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Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

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Description
In this *-jazz gangster film, reformed killer "Phoenix" Tetsu drifts around Japan, awaiting his own execution until he's called back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. Seijun Suzuki's "barrage of aestheticised violence, visual gags, [and] mind-warping color effects" got him in more trouble with Nikkatsu studio heads, who had ordered him to "play it straight this time." Instead he gave them equal parts Russ Meyer, Samuel Fuller, and Nagisa Oshima. Criterion presents the DVD premiere of Tokyo Drifter in a lush color transfer from the original, glorious Nikkatsu-scope master.
Product details
Release Date:
1999-02-23
Number of Discs:
1
Publication Date:
1999-02-23
Publisher:
Home Vision Cinema
Aspect Ratios:
2.35:1
Languages:
Original: Japanese
ISBN10:
0780022041
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
91 g
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