22 July 2012

Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki, 1966)

8.5/10
As part of Japanese film studio Nikkatsu's 100th anniversary celebration, many Nikkatsu films are touring the world as part of festivals. Montreal is getting 15 of those films (5 now and 10 in October) and one of them is arguably the most famous, Tokyo Drifter. It is postively insane and all the stronger for it, a delusion of eye-popping colors and dreamlogic set to a wild, jazzy score. There was more dialogue and less action than I expected but it was still a lot of fun.

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