Tokyo Drifter - Region 0 DVD
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17 years, 3 months ago at Jan 14 3:40
Seijun Suzukis Tokyo Drifter is one of those movies which is all about the experience. A stunningly shot, vibrantly designed gangster movie which like Goddards À bout de soufflé perfectly reflect the revolution that was occurring in cinema at the time. In fact in many ways Tokyo Drifter epitomises the cool that is often associated with the French New Wave.Tetsu and his bo... read more
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Seijun Suzuki transforms the yakuza genre into a pop-art James Bond cartoon as directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The near-incomprehensible plot is almost negligible: hitman "Phoenix" Tetsu (Tetsuya Watari), a cool killer in dark shades who whistles his own theme song, discovers his own mob has betrayed his code of ethics and hits the road like a questing warrior, with not one but two mobs hot on his trail. In a world of shifting loyalties Tetsu is the last honorable man, a character who might have stepped out of a Jean-Pierre Melville film and into a delirious, color-soaked landscape of a Vincent Minnelli musical turned gan
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Manufacturer: Second Sight Films Ltd.
Release date: 25 February 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5028836030331
Release date: 25 February 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5028836030331
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