Seijun Suzuki's iconoclastic Tokyo Drifter is a roller-coaster ride of startling images and satirical set pieces. Apparently his studio bosses in the day didn't know what to make of it; we are not that much better off decades later. At times playful, at others adventurous and then touching, this film defies description. It just has to be seen. The sudden light changes are outrageous but fantastic. The cheeky half-hearted cop-chases-bad-guy sequence is amusing. The women are treated badly, the Americans even worse - but it is all super cool. You'll be whistling the theme for days afterwards. MTV and Tarantino are impostors - watch Tokyo Drifter to see where it all started.
Review of Tokyo Drifter
