Stylish, even stylized, cinematography adds visual interest to this movie, also known as Tokyo Drifter, as a reformed gang enforcer (Tetsuya Watari) encounters betrayal when a rival gang takes aim at his yakuza’s holdings. Deliberate pacing and visual set-pieces are punctuated by violence as the enforcer becomes the drifter of the title, but I found it all a bit unsatisfying.

  Mildly recommended. Otto judiciously thinks this movie is OK, but not great.

Movie 479 for 2021.