"NIKKATSU CORPORATION Presents" "Kill me!" "Get it over with!" "Tetsu, why don't you use the Colt that's in your pocket?" "Why?" "A disgrace to the Kurata Group!" "I'm not a gangster anymore." "Boss disbanded our group" "My rule's to do as he does" "OK, we'll see about that!" "It looks like Tetsu's Lost his nerve" "No." "He turned down becoming my henchman says he's going straight, so" "He's too quiet" "Not for long" "He's a hurricane if things don't work out after 3 tries" "He'll get tough again" "He put up no fight?" "Can't be Kurata's right-hand man" "I see." "Then we've a free hand?" "I'm asking it." "This is the 3rd time" "Don't make me get mad" "TOKYO DRIFTER" "Original Story  Screenplay by YASUNORI KAWAUCHI" "Photography by SHIGEYOSHI MINE" "Film Editor SHINYA INOUE" "Theme Song by TETSUYA WATARI" "Cast" "TETSUYA WATARI" "CHIEKO MATSUBARA" "TAMIO KAWAJI" "HIDEAKI NITANI" "EIJI GOH" "TOMOKO HAMAKAWA" "TSUYOSHI YOSHIDA" "ISAO TAMAGAWA" "Directed by SEIJUN SUZUKI" "Kurata Building?" "No wonder Kurata can go straight" "Let's get it away from him quick while Tetsu's quiet" "Mortgaged to the Yoshii Co., isn't it?" "So we'll get it legally" "Kurata borrowed from Yoshii for his place" "Got into debt to go straight" "A nice girl" "Chiharu, a singer." "They say she loves Tetsu" "KURATA BUILDING" "Real Estate" " Yoshii" "Mr. Kurata, sir" "The interest again!" "Yes" "Mr. Kurata?" "Yoshii here" "Your promissory note expires on the 15th, 3 days from now" "Don't worry." "I'm a man." "I'll keep my promise" "It's me." "Send Kumamoto in later" "I haven't seen Tetsu." "Is he there?" "Then 3 million's all you can raise?" "The best I can do in a few days" "Kotaki?" "Everybody turned their back on you as soon as you disbanded the Group" "Bothered about Otsuka, I guess" "The world's like that" "KURATA" "Yoshii will get the Kurata Bldg. if the note's not paid" "Shall I rough him up a little?" "Don't forget we're not a bunch of gangsters now" "Just do your work as my manager" "Can't make money then" "Mortgage the Alulu?" "Tetsu?" "I hear you had trouble" "Yes, the sneaking Otsuka men" "Fight them?" "I let them do it all" "They tested me to see if we'd really reformed" "Good boy to bear it" "It's nothing." "You're bearing things too" "What'll we do?" "Shall I see Yoshii?" "We'll pay 3 million in cash, the rest in notes" "That'd be fine with me" "Don't rough him up though" "We've no choice" "Where's Tetsu?" "3 million?" "That's the best you can do?" "If I wait, when'll you pay the rest - 5 million?" "In 5 months" "Five months?" "A million a month" "If you can't?" "Take my life" "Life?" "Stuck on Kurata?" "I wouldn't have a boss I didn't like!" "He's like a father to me!" "Raid my place if I won't wait?" "Nonsense!" "Gangsters once, but Boss and I are respectable people now" "Tetsu, did you come for Mr. Kurata?" "No, on my own" "I see." "I understand." "I'll wait" "Thanks" "You're a good son to Mr. Kurata" "Tell him I agree about the notes" "Interest aside, make the 5 million in 5 notes and bring them over" "It pays to try" "MANHOLE MUSIC TEA ROOM" "Tetsu really saw Yoshii?" "He doesn't know about us." "It was about renewing the notes" "I see." "When?" "Tomorrow at 3." "Kurata's coming then" "Interesting." "You're fixed if it's true" "Marry me?" "Sure" "I'm lost without a woman around" "What's up?" "It makes me happy, yet sort of sad to see you puttering around for me" "What?" "You did a fine job for me today" "Want to go to the Ginza later?" "No thanks" "I'm happy just to be here like this" "Not a selfish bone in you." "Marry Chiharu and open a shop soon" "I'm off women" "You're hooked." "She'll see to that" "Where is he, the vagabond?" "Always drifting, always solo" "Where will he be tomorrow?" "The wind, his girl may know" "The Drifter, from Tokyo" "Drifting, drifting on and on" "Till memories of Tokyo are gone" "We're not open yet" "Sing again, will you?" "You won't?" "Stop your practical jokes" "To Boss's place" "Where to?" "You!" "Shall we go?" "Yes" "Like a cup of tea?" "Tetsuya!" "Good night" "Mr. Kurata's appointment is at 3?" "Yes" "Phone him" "Mr. Yoshii's office" "What?" "It's from Tetsu" "Hello, Yoshii here" "It's Tetsu." "Thanks for the other day" "Paying me the 3 million today?" "Three?" "The 8 million in full" "Good." "You'll bring it over then?" "What?" "Take it over?" "I can't go!" "You come over!" "No, I don't want you to give me a going-over and say to wait" "What's that?" "I'm taking no chances" "I'm staking my life." "Can't you believe me?" "Yes, that's so." "I'll bring all the papers and be over" "I see." "I'll send a car around" "You're real good" "Otokichi!" "Hello, Yoshii speaking" "Yoshii Co.?" "Is Mutsuko there?" "For you" "Hello." "What?" "Where are you?" "So near here?" "Yes" "May I go out awhile?" "Who is it?" "Boyfriend" "This seal?" "Yes, put it in with the rest" "Mr. Yoshii's on the phone" "I'll take it here" "Yes, this is Kurata." "Yes, I'm leaving now" "Mr. Yoshii's tied up." "Please come at 4" "Wait here?" "The office's in there" "I didn't know that" "Mr. Otsuka!" "Thanks for coming" "Kurata asked me to take over his debt for him" "But Mr. Kurata didn't tell me about it" "He phoned he'd pay" "But I've heard nothing of your taking over for him." "Excuse me" "Tetsu, no violence" "Mr. Yoshii, let me handle things." "Be smart and take the money" "He could sell that building for 200 million!" "Why...?" "Tetsu, turn on the music" "Your seal." "No complaints if you're paid?" "That's enough!" "The deed to the building!" "Put away the money" "I'll be killed by Kurata!" "Don't worry." "I'll talk to him if you're worried" "Tanaka, phone him" "Hello." "What?" "Tanaka of the Otsuka Group?" "Yes." "Mr. Yoshii's here asking Boss to pay your debt" "Are you listening?" "Don't say you didn't hear me" "Don't worry." "Everything's going just fine" "Hello!" "Hello!" "What is it?" "Otsuka's trapped us" "What's going on?" "I'll go over!" "He may get this building!" "Know the place where Kazuo Sasa's singing?" "Get out!" "Tetsu!" "Where'd you take Yoshii?" "He left with the money I put up for you" "You want my building?" "You're smart" "It belonged to someone else once" "If I'd been firmer, it might've been mine" "What's that?" "Grim?" "You're still a gangster at heart." "Good" "Boss Kurata, I've the deed to your building" "Hand over your seal." "I paid Yoshii 8 million in your place!" "Do you call yourself a boss?" "It's money and power that count now!" "Hand over your seal!" "What is this?" "That's Tetsu's coat." "Set your seal" "Where's Tetsu?" "What did you do with Tetsu?" "Setting your seal?" "Hand over your seal quietly" "Mutsuko!" "The scum!" "She's my girl!" "Fool!" "Put your seal to it and I'll take care of the girl" "Or shall I call the cops?" "Kurata!" "Which will it be?" "The police" "Stop it!" "Excuse me" "Why not report the murder of Yoshii too?" "I'm holding a gun already." "Move toward the wall" "You've got the gun that killed Yoshii" "It's quits today." "You keep the deed to the building for a while" "LOVERS' SUICIDE OR MURDER?" "POLICE CHECKING SLUG FOUND IN CLERK'S BODY" "Otsuka made it seem like Mutsuko killed Yoshii" "The police will check my gun" "The problem's Otsuka." "If he doesn't talk" "No, he can't be trusted" "But we know he killed Yoshii." "If he tries anything" "He wants my building" "What's his next move?" "But it was a mistake to kill her" "Shall we have Tetsu take care of that?" "Let's rub out Tetsu." "Then Kurata can't do a thing" "You will?" "I'm known as Viper Tetsu." "I'm like a snake" "ALULU CLUB" "Tetsu!" "Tetsu!" "Tetsuya!" "Keep out of danger" "I've reformed" "Take care of her" "Say!" "Where'd he go?" "If I die, I'll die like a man" "To be loyal, I'd even let love pass by" "I'm a drifter, the man from Tokyo" "The wind is blowing by itself" "The moon is shining by itself" "And alone is a drifter like me" "I know not where my grave will be" "I'm a drifter, the man from Tokyo" "Viper Tetsu, throw away your gun!" "Move back" "Stop!" "Something nice!" "This way!" "I'd like to kill you!" "But for you" "Mr. Kurata and I could've gone straight!" "Go and tell Otsuka that I killed Yoshii's clerk!" "Mention my old man's name and I'll squeal who killed Yoshii!" "I'm sorry" "Fool!" "Messing up things!" "I'm back, Boss" "What's up?" "Was he there?" "Kenji's an awful rat." "He not only defied you, he's with Kurata's pal" "Kurata's pal?" "Who is he?" "Umetani." "Runs the Western Cabaret" "Tetsu said he'd take the rap for Kurata's killing?" "No mistake" "I see." "Then we'll just have to go through with things too" "Going to do it?" "Have to fight, Kurata and me" "Easy licking him" "He's disbanded - it's not easy to get his former men" "When?" "Tonight!" "You can get even for Mutsuko" "Kurata!" "Tetsu!" "I'll put holes in their belies!" "Get my men" "Trouble, Boss!" "Tamura Group's helping Kurata!" "Tamura?" "How'd you know?" "I saw Tetsu and Boss Tamura together" "That's bad" "If Tamura helps, it'll become pretty dangerous" "Tetsu did it!" "He asked Tamura" "Tamura or not, what do we care?" "Simmer down!" "Fujimura, what would you do?" "The problem's Tetsu" "Leave Tetsu to me, Boss" "I'll run him out of Tokyo" "You will?" "Please watch me" "If Otsuka gets Tetsu, won't he want the building?" "Yes." "In this case" "Tetsu's the troublemaker for both sides" "An insult!" "Tell Otsuka we're both mixed up in Yoshii's murder!" "I won't sacrifice my man to take the easy way out!" "Now, get out!" "I hate to leave you, but please let me go" "Did Kumamoto say anything?" "No, it's my own idea" "If I stay, things will become worse involving Boss Tamura too" "Please say yes" "I should've left sooner" "I was worried about you" "You make me happy, Tetsu" "I can?" "Take care of yourself" "You too, sir" "Thanks" "Japan's big enough" "I'll find a place to live as the tramp from Tokyo" "I see" "Tetsu, the man from Tokyo?" "Take this" "I don't need it" "Idiot." "Money's always handy" "I'd weep if you were stranded" "I see." "I'll accept it then." "Goodbye" "Eat first." "I won't be seeing you for a while" "No, it'd be harder to go" "I see." "You're really going?" "Yes." "Good luck to you, sir" "Tetsu, wait!" "Phone Shimada at Shonai" "Writing material." "Hurry" "Tetsu, go to Shimada's place in Shonai" "Your first trip." "I don't want you to have a hard time" "I'll phone Shimada" "Sit down here" "I'll write him a line" "Please take it here" "I see" "Shonai, sir" "Already?" "Too soon!" "Hang up!" "I'll phone later" "What is it?" "Nothing" "Take the best care of yourself" "See Chihara before you go" "Hello" "It's you?" "Where are you?" "What, Shonai?" "Wait." "I'll call Chiharu" "Nice dryer." "Name?" "Charm Lady." "Try it?" "Thanks" "Phone, Chiharu!" "Hello." "Hello" "Pal!" "Tetsu!" "Tetsuya!" "Detective Sakai." "Come" "I'm Senzo of the South Group!" "Please!" "We've been waiting for you to come" "For me?" "We can beat the North Group now" "North Group?" "Trouble?" "Yes, over new territory" "I came to a bad place." "I don't want trouble" "Why do I get mixed up in it?" "Don't feel you have to help us" "But Otsuka's pal heads the North Group" "Boss!" "Tokyo men have come to help him" "If he knows you're here, he'll challenge us" "Pipe down!" "We have a guest!" "Boss wants me to take you to a hotel!" "We can manage without help!" "Please" "I've reformed but is it all right to let them down?" "Help us, Tokyo man!" "Is Tetsu here?" "I'm Tanaka, Otsuka's man!" "Come out and fight if you're a man!" "Stinking farmer!" "It's Tetsu!" "Watch out!" "My range's 10 meters" "15, 14, 13, 12... 10 meters" "Why didn't you kill me?" "Just for being kind you'll have to go to hell" "I'll put an end to your legend of a charmed life" "Tatsuzo means it!" "What'll I do?" "What can I do?" "Pal!" "It's me!" "Can't kill Tetsu like that!" "The safety catch is on!" "Shootin' Star!" "Don't act familiar!" "An Otsuka man once but I'm a loner now!" "Don't get familiar!" "Sorry I had to show you this" "To think I'd be saved by you, Ken" "Forget it." "We're not enemies now" "People always spoke of you and Otsuka together" "Why'd you leave him?" "Being a loner's better" "You're lonely" "You're on the road yourself" "You'll soon know how a drifter feels" "No, you've lost your sense of obligation" "Is that bad?" "People's minds are hard to read" "Don't trust Boss Kurata too much" "I disagree!" "Your eyes bothered me." "Maybe I'm getting old" "I'll stay till you're well" "You're with Umetani, Mr. Kurata's pal in Sasebo?" "It's begun to snow again" "He's left" "Tetsuya!" "Tetsuya!" "DRIFTING..." "DRIFTING" "KYUSHU, SOUTHERN JAPAN" "SASEBO" "Tetsu of the charmed life?" "You use a light punch?" "I'm not much older than you" "I'm Tetsu." "Glad to know you" "Boss Kurata wrote me, so I'd been waiting for you" "Sit down" "What is it?" "Shootin' Star?" "Dropped by to thank me" "He's here?" "Staying a while" "I see." "I'm leaving." "Thanks anyway" "Why?" "Trouble with him?" "I hate ungrateful men" "I thought him old fashioned." "You're worse" "Maybe you'd better not stay" "An unpleasant guy's here" "Come and look" "The fellow doing that crazy dance is a Minato Group man" "Using him to find you?" "Drift again?" "Leave it to me." "That group burns me up too" "I don't want to bother you." "I'll drift" "No, I couldn't face Boss then" "Stop it!" "Stop them!" "Better than all the other men put together" "Pal!" "I don't want to fight you" "If I get him, my work's over" "Look." "Tetsu's not moving" "Throw away your gun!" "It's the end of the Viper!" "Dead?" "Dead" "Even a killer's end isn't pleasant" "Duty-bound to Otsuka, poor guy" "Tetsu, your eyes haven't changed since we last parted" "I owe you a debt for saving me but I hate ungrateful men!" "Be friends" "I like him" "I want to save him the pain of being betrayed" "I know, but Kurata can be trusted" "What'll we do?" "Compromise?" "He didn't lose on the building!" "But he killed Yoshii" "Otsuka's idea, so he must've thought it over well" "Not a trap, is it?" "Let's see him!" "Then we can take it or leave it" "All right, shall we try?" "What?" "Rub out Tetsu?" "How can I do that?" "A report came from the Minato Group!" "Umetani's hiding him!" "So what?" "Umetani can rub him out" "Then you and I can be friends" "I'm not bluffing." "Promise and you can have this" "Ask him about the other conditions" "I've two besides Tetsu" "The building's yours." "Lend it to me for 20 million" "Payment?" "In cash" "The other condition?" "Give me Chiharu" "Chiharu?" "But she's Tetsu's" "That's why I want her!" "Tetsu is dead" "I said he's dead!" "He'll be rubbed out anyway." "She'll give up" "Take it" "Tetsu's the cankerworm!" "If he's arrested, we'll be in hot water" "We'll both be sent to the pen" "Better see that it doesn't happen" "Okay!" "Hello, the Western" "Tokyo?" "Tokyo's calling" "Hello, Umetani here" "Mr. Kurata?" "Yes, Tetsu's fine" "What's that?" "Do you know what you're saying?" "Rub him out or you'll be in hot water!" "But Tetsu's" "Never mind!" "Rub him out!" "I'll send men too." "Kill him!" "Understand?" "He's back" "Poor boy" "Otsuka's going?" "I don't know" "No mistake!" "The police!" "Don't you see?" "Tetsu's dead!" "That's enough." "Slam Mr. Kurata and you'll pay for it" "I'm staking my life - don't believe me yet?" "A lie!" "He wouldn't join hands with Otsuka and rub me out!" "Don't ruin my dreams" "I know, so get out of here." "Umetani may kill you" "Again!" "I'll really get mad!" "I see" "What are you doing?" "See?" "Even Umetani's bound by gang ties!" "He'll kill you!" "Get me?" "But" "Know now?" "If you don't return to Tokyo!" "Sure." "I want to see the truth with my own eyes" "Okay, I'll hold him!" "Go!" "Thanks" "Mr. Umetani" "At first, I meant to kill him" "But then I wondered who'd profit by it" "I'll tell him how you feel some day" "He's fine and decent" "But it's hard to handle a man like that once he gets good and mad" "He'll do it" "I really don't want him to" "But he'll have to go through it once" "Chiharu!" "She's innocent." "She can't sing" "I'll make her." "The initial training's important!" "Stop it!" "You let Tetsu die!" "What'll you do with her?" "Let's go, Chiharu!" "I'll take you home!" "Sing or he dies!" "You betrayed me?" "Pal!" "Get my men!" "I'm going to break up this hell or there's no future for me!" "Throw away your gun!" "A boss's true colors?" "It's one of those things!" "Die!" "I've no choice" "Take it as a keepsake from me" "Tetsuya!" "Tetsu!" "I'm not your man anymore!" "A drifter needs no woman" "Tetsuya!" "I can't walk with a woman!" "Flowers that to dreams say goodbye" "Will wither and the dreams will die" "If I die, like a man I'll die" "To be loyal, I'd even let love pass by" "I'm a drifter, the man from Tokyo" "I'm a drifter, the man from Tokyo" "THE END"