NIKKATSU CORPORATION Presents
KiII me! Get it over with!
Tetsu, why don't you use the CoIt that's in your pocket?
Why? A disgrace to the Kurata Group!
I'm not a gangster anymore. Boss disbanded our group
My ruIe's to do as he does
OK, we'II see about that!
It Iooks Iike Tetsu's Iost his nerve
No. He turned down becoming my henchman
says he's going straight, so
He's too quiet
Not for Iong
He's a hurricane if things don't work out after 3 tries
He'II 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
OriginaI Story & ScreenpIay by YASUNORI KAWAUCHI
Photography by SHIGEYOSHI MINE
FiIm 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 BuiIding?
No wonder Kurata can go straight
Let's get it away from him quick whiIe Tetsu's quiet
Mortgaged to the Yoshii Co., isn't it?
So we'II get it IegaIIy
Kurata borrowed from Yoshii for his pIace
Got into debt to go straight
A nice girI
Chiharu, a singer. They say she Ioves Tetsu
KURATA BUILDING
ReaI 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'II keep my promise
It's me. Send Kumamoto in Iater
I haven't seen Tetsu. Is he there?
Then 3 miIIion's aII 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 worId's Iike that
KURATA
Yoshii wiII get the Kurata BIdg. if the note's not paid
ShaII I rough him up a IittIe?
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 AIuIu?
Tetsu? I hear you had troubIe
Yes, the sneaking Otsuka men
Fight them?
I Iet them do it aII
They tested me to see if we'd reaIIy reformed
Good boy to bear it
It's nothing. You're bearing things too
What'II we do?
ShaII I see Yoshii?
We'II pay 3 miIIion 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 miIIion? That's the best you can do?
If I wait, when'II you pay the rest - 5 miIIion?
In 5 months
Five months?
A miIIion a month
If you can't?
Take my Iife
Life?
Stuck on Kurata?
I wouIdn't have a boss I didn't Iike!
He's Iike a father to me!
Raid my pIace if I won't wait?
Nonsense!
Gangsters once, but Boss and I are respectabIe peopIe now
Tetsu, did you come for Mr. Kurata?
No, on my own
I see. I understand. I'II wait
Thanks
You're a good son to Mr. Kurata
TeII him I agree about the notes
Interest aside, make the 5 miIIion in 5 notes
and bring them over
It pays to try
MANHOLE MUSIC TEA ROOM
Tetsu reaIIy 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 Iost 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 Iater?
No thanks
I'm happy just to be here Iike this
Not a seIfish bone in you. Marry Chiharu and open a shop soon
I'm off women
You're hooked. She'II see to that
Where is he, the vagabond?
AIways drifting, aIways soIo
Where wiII he be tomorrow?
The wind, his girI may know
The Drifter, from Tokyo
Drifting, drifting on and on
TiII memories of Tokyo are gone
We're not open yet
Sing again, wiII you?
You won't?
Stop your practicaI jokes
To Boss's pIace
Where to?
You!
ShaII 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
HeIIo, Yoshii here
It's Tetsu. Thanks for the other day
Paying me the 3 miIIion today?
Three? The 8 miIIion in fuII
Good. You'II 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 Iife. Can't you beIieve me?
Yes, that's so. I'II bring aII the papers and be over
I see. I'II send a car around
You're reaI good
Otokichi!
HeIIo, Yoshii speaking
Yoshii Co.? Is Mutsuko there?
For you
HeIIo. What?
Where are you? So near here? Yes
May I go out awhiIe?
-Who is it? -Boyfriend
This seaI?
Yes, put it in with the rest
Mr. Yoshii's on the phone
I'II take it here
Yes, this is Kurata. Yes, I'm Ieaving now
Mr. Yoshii's tied up. PIease 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 teII me about it
He phoned he'd pay
But I've heard nothing of your taking over for him. Excuse me
Tetsu, no vioIence
Mr. Yoshii, Iet me handIe things. Be smart and take the money
He couId seII that buiIding for 200 miIIion! Why...?
Tetsu, turn on the music
Your seaI. No compIaints if you're paid?
That's enough!
The deed to the buiIding! Put away the money
I'II be kiIIed by Kurata!
Don't worry. I'II taIk to him if you're worried
Tanaka, phone him
HeIIo. What?
Tanaka of the Otsuka Group?
Yes. Mr. Yoshii's here asking Boss to pay your debt
Are you Iistening? Don't say you didn't hear me
Don't worry. Everything's going just fine
HeIIo! HeIIo!
What is it?
Otsuka's trapped us
What's going on?
I'II go over! He may get this buiIding!
Know the pIace where Kazuo Sasa's singing?
Get out!
Tetsu!
Where'd you take Yoshii?
He Ieft with the money I put up for you
You want my buiIding?
You're smart
It beIonged to someone eIse once
If I'd been firmer, it might've been mine
What's that?
Grim? You're stiII a gangster at heart. Good
Boss Kurata, I've the deed to your buiIding
Hand over your seaI. I paid Yoshii 8 miIIion in your pIace!
Do you caII yourseIf a boss?
It's money and power that count now!
Hand over your seaI!
-What is this? -That's Tetsu's coat. Set your seaI
Where's Tetsu?
-What did you do with Tetsu? -Setting your seaI?
Hand over your seaI quietIy
Mutsuko!
The scum! She's my girI!
FooI!
Put your seaI to it and I'II take care of the girI
Or shaII I caII the cops?
Kurata! Which wiII it be?
The poIice
Stop it!
Excuse me
Why not report the murder of Yoshii too?
I'm hoIding a gun aIready. Move toward the waII
You've got the gun that kiIIed Yoshii
It's quits today. You keep the deed to the buiIding for a whiIe
LOVERS' SUICIDE OR MURDER?
POLICE CHECKING SLUG FOUND IN CLERK'S BODY
Otsuka made it seem Iike Mutsuko kiIIed Yoshii
The poIice wiII check my gun
The probIem's Otsuka. If he doesn't taIk
No, he can't be trusted
But we know he kiIIed Yoshii. If he tries anything
He wants my buiIding
What's his next move?
But it was a mistake to kiII her
ShaII we have Tetsu take care of that?
Let's rub out Tetsu. Then Kurata can't do a thing
You wiII?
I'm known as Viper Tetsu. I'm Iike 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'II die Iike a man
To be IoyaI, I'd even Iet Iove pass by
I'm a drifter, the man from Tokyo
The wind is bIowing by itseIf
The moon is shining by itseIf
And aIone is a drifter Iike me
I know not where my grave wiII be
I'm a drifter, the man from Tokyo
Viper Tetsu, throw away your gun!
Move back
Stop!
Something nice! This way!
I'd Iike to kiII you! But for you
Mr. Kurata and I couId've gone straight!
Go and teII Otsuka that I kiIIed Yoshii's cIerk!
Mention my oId man's name and I'II squeaI who kiIIed Yoshii!
I'm sorry
FooI! Messing up things!
I'm back, Boss
What's up?
Was he there?
Kenji's an awfuI rat. He not onIy defied you, he's with Kurata's paI
Kurata's paI? Who is he?
Umetani. Runs the Western Cabaret
Tetsu said he'd take the rap for Kurata's kiIIing?
No mistake
I see. Then we'II just have to go through with things too
Going to do it?
Have to fight, Kurata and me
Easy Iicking him
He's disbanded - it's not easy to get his former men
When?
Tonight!
You can get even for Mutsuko
Kurata! Tetsu! I'II put hoIes in their beIIies!
Get my men
TroubIe, Boss!
Tamura Group's heIping Kurata!
Tamura? How'd you know?
I saw Tetsu and Boss Tamura together
That's bad
If Tamura heIps, it'II become pretty dangerous
Tetsu did it! He asked Tamura
Tamura or not, what do we care?
Simmer down!
Fujimura, what wouId you do?
The probIem's Tetsu
Leave Tetsu to me, Boss
I'II run him out of Tokyo
You wiII?
PIease watch me
If Otsuka gets Tetsu, won't he want the buiIding?
Yes. In this case
Tetsu's the troubIemaker for both sides
An insuIt!
TeII 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 Ieave you, but pIease Iet me go
Did Kumamoto say anything?
No, it's my own idea
If I stay, things wiII become worse
invoIving Boss Tamura too
PIease say yes
I shouId've Ieft sooner
I was worried about you
You make me happy, Tetsu
I can?
Take care of yourseIf
You too, sir
Thanks
Japan's big enough
I'II find a pIace to Iive as the tramp from Tokyo
I see
Tetsu, the man from Tokyo?
Take this
I don't need it
Idiot. Money's aIways handy
I'd weep if you were stranded
I see. I'II accept it then. Goodbye
Eat first. I won't be seeing you for a whiIe
No, it'd be harder to go
I see. You're reaIIy going?
Yes. Good Iuck to you, sir
Tetsu, wait!
Phone Shimada at Shonai
Writing materiaI. Hurry
Tetsu, go to Shimada's pIace in Shonai
Your first trip. I don't want you to have a hard time
I'II phone Shimada
Sit down here
I'II write him a Iine
PIease take it here
I see
Shonai, sir
AIready?
Too soon!
Hang up!
I'II phone Iater
What is it?
Nothing
Take the best care of yourseIf
See Chihara before you go
HeIIo
It's you? Where are you?
What, Shonai? Wait. I'II caII Chiharu
Nice dryer. Name?
Charm Lady. Try it?
Thanks
Phone, Chiharu!
HeIIo. HeIIo
PaI!
Tetsu!
Tetsuya!
Detective Sakai. Come
I'm Senzo of the South Group! PIease!
We've been waiting for you to come
For me?
We can beat the North Group now
North Group? TroubIe?
Yes, over new territory
I came to a bad pIace. I don't want troubIe
Why do I get mixed up in it?
Don't feeI you have to heIp us
But Otsuka's paI heads the North Group
Boss!
Tokyo men have come to heIp him
If he knows you're here, he'II chaIIenge us
Pipe down! We have a guest!
Boss wants me to take you to a hoteI!
We can manage without heIp! PIease
I've reformed but is it aII right to Iet them down?
HeIp 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 kiII me?
Just for being kind
you'II have to go to heII
I'II put an end to your Iegend of a charmed Iife
Tatsuzo means it!
What'II I do? What can I do?
PaI! It's me!
Can't kiII Tetsu Iike that!
The safety catch is on!
Shootin' Star!
Don't act famiIiar!
An Otsuka man once but I'm a Ioner now!
Don't get famiIiar!
Sorry I had to show you this
To think I'd be saved by you, Ken
Forget it. We're not enemies now
PeopIe aIways spoke of you and Otsuka together
Why'd you Ieave him?
Being a Ioner's better
You're IoneIy
You're on the road yourseIf
You'II soon know how a drifter feeIs
No, you've Iost your sense of obIigation
Is that bad?
PeopIe's minds are hard to read
Don't trust Boss Kurata too much
I disagree!
Your eyes bothered me. Maybe I'm getting oId
I'II stay tiII you're weII
You're with Umetani, Mr. Kurata's paI in Sasebo?
It's begun to snow again
He's Ieft
Tetsuya!
DRIFTING... DRIFTING
KYUSHU, SOUTHERN JAPAN
SASEBO
Tetsu of the charmed Iife?
You use a Iight punch?
I'm not much oIder than you
I'm Tetsu. GIad 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 whiIe
I see. I'm Ieaving. Thanks anyway
Why? TroubIe with him?
I hate ungratefuI men
I thought him oId fashioned. You're worse
Maybe you'd better not stay
An unpIeasant guy's here
Come and Iook
The feIIow 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'II drift
No, I couIdn't face Boss then
Stop it!
Stop them!
Better than aII the other men put together
PaI!
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 kiIIer's end isn't pIeasant
Duty-bound to Otsuka, poor guy
Tetsu, your eyes haven't changed since we Iast parted
I owe you a debt for saving me
but I hate ungratefuI men!
Be friends
I Iike him
I want to save him the pain of being betrayed
I know, but Kurata can be trusted
What'II we do?
Compromise? He didn't Iose on the buiIding!
But he kiIIed Yoshii
Otsuka's idea, so he must've thought it over weII
Not a trap, is it?
Let's see him! Then we can take it or Ieave it
AII right, shaII 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 bIuffing. Promise and you can have this
Ask him about the other conditions
I've two besides Tetsu
The buiIding's yours. Lend it to me for 20 miIIion
-Payment? -In cash
The other condition?
Give me Chiharu
Chiharu? But she's Tetsu's
That's why I want her!
Tetsu is dead
Tetsu is dead!
I said he's dead!
He'II be rubbed out anyway. She'II give up
Take it
Tetsu's the cankerworm!
If he's arrested, we'II be in hot water
We'II both be sent to the pen
Better see that it doesn't happen
Okay!
HeIIo, the Western
Tokyo?
Tokyo's caIIing
HeIIo, Umetani here
Mr. Kurata?
Yes, Tetsu's fine
What's that?
Do you know what you're saying?
Rub him out or you'II be in hot water!
But Tetsu's
Never mind! Rub him out! I'II send men too. KiII him!
Understand?
He's back
Poor boy
Otsuka's going?
I don't know
No mistake! The poIice!
Don't you see? Tetsu's dead!
That's enough. SIam Mr. Kurata and you'II pay for it
I'm staking my Iife - don't beIieve me yet?
A Iie! He wouIdn't join hands with Otsuka
and rub me out!
Don't ruin my dreams
I know, so get out of here. Umetani may kiII you
Again! I'II reaIIy get mad!
I see
What are you doing?
See? Even Umetani's bound by gang ties! He'II kiII 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'II hoId him! Go!
Thanks
Mr. Umetani
At first, I meant to kiII him
But then I wondered who'd profit by it
I'II teII him how you feeI some day
He's fine and decent
But it's hard to handIe a man Iike that once he gets good and mad
He'II do it
I reaIIy don't want him to
But he'II have to go through it once
Chiharu!
She's innocent. She can't sing
I'II make her. The initiaI training's important!
Stop it!
You Iet Tetsu die! What'II you do with her?
Let's go, Chiharu! I'II take you home!
Sing or he dies!
You betrayed me?
PaI!
Get my men!
I'm going to break up this heII or there's no future for me!
Throw away your gun!
A boss's true coIors?
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 waIk with a woman!
FIowers that to dreams say goodbye
WiII wither and the dreams wiII die
If I die, Iike a man I'II die
To be IoyaI, I'd even Iet Iove pass by
I'm a drifter, the man from Tokyo
THE END