Rififi in Tokyo

1963 film
  • March 29, 1963 (1963-03-29)
Running time
98 minutesCountriesFrance
ItalyLanguageFrench

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]

Plot

The 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

  • 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

  1. ^ Monaco p.160

Bibliography

  • Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.

External links

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Novels
  • The Break (1957)


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