aka Tôkyô nagaremono. The Man From Tokyo.When a yakuza boss goes straight, so does Tetsu (Tetsuya Watari). But leaving the gangster life is not so easy, and a rival gang make life difficult. Tetsu gives up everything he loves to save his boss, becoming the Tokyo Drifter, but he finds he cannot run away from his problems, and has to return for one last showdown.
Full of wonderful set pieces, all to a wonderfully mournful theme tune. Director Seijun Suzuki as usual forgets plot in his pursuit of his singular visual style, producing a cool free-jazz gangster flick. Tetsuya Watari remains the only man to look cool in a powder blue suit.
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