Rififi in Tokyo (French: Rififi à Tokyo) is a 1963 French-Italian crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Karlheinz Böhm, Charles Vanel and Barbara Lass.[1]
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| Directed by | Jacques Deray |
| Written by | Auguste Le Breton (novel) José Giovanni Jacques Deray Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud José Giovanni |
| Produced by | Jacques Bar Luigi Nannerini |
| Starring | Karlheinz Böhm Charles Vanel Barbara Lass |
| Cinematography | Tadashi Aramaki |
| Edited by | Albert Jurgenson |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
Production companies | Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
Plot
editThe veteran gangster Van Hekken arrives in Tokyo to pull off a heist of a precious diamond from a bank vault. However, when his planned second-in command is killed he turns to the dead man's friend Carl Mersen.
Cast
edit- Karlheinz Böhm as Carl Mersen
- Charles Vanel as Van Hekken
- Barbara Lass as Françoise Merigné
- Keiko Kishi as Asami
- Michel Vitold as Pierre Merigné
- Eiji Okada as Danny Riquet
- Masao Oda as Kan
- Dante Maggio as Luigi
- Hideaki Suzuki as Itoushi
- Eijiro Yanagi as Ishimoto
References
edit- ^ Monaco p.160
Bibliography
edit- Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.
External links
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