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Tokyo Drifter: Basic Facts Flashcards
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- 1What year was "Tokyo Drifter" released?1966 (April 10th 1966)
- 2Who directed "Tokyo Drifter"?Seijun Suzuki
- 3Who produced and wrote the screenplay for this film?Yasunori Kawauchi
- 4Who composed the score for this film?Hajime Kaburagi
- 5Who coordinated the cinematography?Shigeyoshi Mine
- 6What was the company that distributed this film?Nikkatsu (Nikkatsu Cooperation)
- 7What was Nikkatsu known for distributing from 1960?They were known for producing urban youth dramas such as, comedy, action and of cause, the yakuza genre with Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill.
- 8What features can be seen as evidence of viewing Seijun Suzuki an auteur?. Exploration into the "yakuza genre"
. Use of symbolic colours
. Abandonment of continuity editing
. Subverting genre expectations
. Targeting of the youth market - 9What other noteworthy films has Seijun Suzuki directed?. Victory is Mine ("kayo eiga" or pop song film and also a B movie) (1956)
. Underworld Beauty (Suzuki's first yakuzu film) (1958)
. Youth of the Beast (considered a "breakthrough" by film scholars) (1963) - 10Who is leading actor who portrays Tetsuya Hondo (AKA Phoenix Tetsu)Tetsuya Watari
- 11Who portrays Chiharu (Tetsuya's former girlfriend whom he refuses at the end)Chieko Matsubara
- 12Who portrays Kenji Aizawa (AKA Shooting Star)?Hideaki Nitani
- 13Who portrays Kurata (Tetsu's former boss)?Ryuji Kita
- 14Who portrays Otsuka? (AKA The rival crime boss in the red suit)Eimei Esumi
- 15Who portrays Yoshii? (AKA Central figure in the property scam)Michio Hino
- 16Who portrays Tatsuzo The Viper?Tamio Kawaji
- 17What is the running time of this film?83 Minutes
- 18What is "Phoenix" Tetsu Hondo's primary motivation during the film?He desires to live his own life in becoming a drifter by his own moral standards of Loyalty and Honour
- 19What is Kurata's (Tetsu's former boss) primary conflict and what is his fate?Phoenix Tetsu holds absolute loyalty towards him however, Kurata is forced to make the decision to join with Otsuka (A rival crime boss) to kill Tetsu leading to a misunderstood betrayal from Tetsu and Kurata killing himself
- 20What is Tetsu Hondo's primary conflict throughout the film?He gives up the life of a "yakuzu" gangster in order to become a "drifter" from the advice of Kurata (his former boss). However, he misunderstands Kurata's team-up of Otsuka (the main villain) as a betrayal leading to an eventual conflict between two former partners.
- 21How is this different from other Nikkatsu-produced films?As Nikkatsu produced youth dramas in the field of comedy and action, Tokyo Drifter is merely an auteur-based film as it:
. Avoids the continuity of time and space
. Uses bright vibrant colour such as, red and purple
This ultimately led to Suzuki's firing from Nikkatsu as this strayed to far away from what they planned. - 22Who edited this film?Shinya Inoue
- 23What key aspect in this film demonstrates the "kayo eiga" (pop song film which promotes a pop star) genre?Tetsuya Watari's Tokyo Drifter Theme Song (AKA, Tokyo Nagaremono)
- 24What key lyrics convey the film's themes?."I threw away love, for honour"
."A man's life scattered in red"
."Embarking on a journey that flows without end" - 25How does this compare with Italian Neo-realism?Unlike When A Woman Ascends the Stairs, this film does not share any traits of this movement as this film implements artificial cinematography and has a "style-over-substance" focus to the narrative.
- 26How does this link towards the French New Wave Movement?Tokyo Drifter also implements a radical style of filmmaking with its ignoring of "continuity of time and space" and its use of vibrant colours.
- 27What are the key themes of this film?. Loyalty
. Honour
. Betrayal - 28What was the budget for this film?$20 Million (roughly 2,180,000,000.000 yen)
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- This set of flashcards will help to test your knowledge on the second film in our Japanese cinema study which is certainly far different from When a Woman Ascends the Stairs.
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