Release Date | 1966-04-10 |
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Runtime | 83 minutes |
Genres | Action, Crime, Thriller |
Stars | Tetsuya Watari, Ryuji Kita, Eimei Esumi, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi |
Directors | Seijun Suzuki, Tetsuro Nakagawa, Hajime Kaburagi, Shinya Inoue, Takeo Kimura |
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu 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 Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.