Tokyo Drifter/Dvd, Criterion Collection, DVD
In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Phoenix Tetsus attempt to go straight is squashed when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. This onslaught of stylized violence and trippy colors got director Seijun Suzuki (BRANDED TO KILL) in trouble with Nikkatsu studio heads, who were put off by his anything-goes, in-your-face aesthetic, equal parts Russ Meyer, Samuel Fuller, and Nagisa Oshima. TOKYO DRIFTER is a delirious highlight of the brilliantly excessive Japanese cinema of the sixties.
Product Attributes: $5 - $10, Action & Adventure, All, Asian-American Heritage, Chieko Matsubara, Criterion Collection, Foreign Films, Hideaki Nitani, Movies, Movies & TV Prime Day, Movies & TV › Movies, Over $10, Prime Day 10% Off, Ryuji Kita, Seijun Suzuki, Tamio Kawachi, Tetsuya Watari, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Under $5