- HD 1080
- Runtime: 83m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Seijun Suzuki
- Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Ryuji Kita, Eimei Esumi, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi
- keywords: hitman, yakuza, tokyo, japan, japanese noir, 1960s, japanese new wave
- Production_studio: Nikkatsu Corporation
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Tokyo Drifter is featured in the top rankings of 1966
- #7 in Top Action Movies of 1966
- #8 in Top Crime Movies of 1966
- #3 in Top Thriller Movies of 1966
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.