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Tokyo Drifter
Why this pick
Suzuki’s earlier pop-art yakuza fever dream shares Branded to Kill’s dislocated cool, bold colour design, abrupt tonal shifts, and fatalistic lone-gunman momentum.
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MOVIE1967 1h 31m JPN
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Goro Hanada, the Japanese underworld's third-ranked hitman, and his wife, Mami, fly into Tokyo and are met by Kasuga, a formerly ranked hitman turned taxi driver. Kasuga petitions Hanada to assist him in breaking back into the profession. Hanada agrees and the three go to a club owned by the yakuza boss Michihiko Yabuhara. The two men are hired to escort a client from Sagami Beach to Nagano, Nagano. After the meeting, Yabuhara covertly seduces Hanada's wife.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Atsushi Yamatoya
Akira Takahashi
Hiroshi Minami
Gihei Kasuga