In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Tetsuโs attempt to go straight is thwarted when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang.
Director Seijun Suzukiโs onslaught of stylized violence and trippy colours is equal parts Russ Meyer, Samuel Fuller, and Nagisa Oshimaโan anything-goes, in-your-face rampage. “Tokyo Drifter” is a delirious highlight of the brilliantly excessive Japanese cinema of the sixties.
