Tokyo Drifter
Seijun Suzuki, Japan, 1966o
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya. When the fiercely loyal Tetsuya declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsuya grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.