Rififi in Tokyo
Rififi in Tokyo | |
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Directed by | Jacques Deray |
Written by | Auguste Le Breton (novel) José Giovanni Jacques Deray José Giovanni |
Produced by | Jacques Bar |
Starring | Karlheinz Böhm Charles Vanel Barbara Lass |
Cinematography | |
Edited by | |
Music by | Georges Delerue |
Production companies | Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | 29 March 1963 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | French |
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]
Synopsis[]
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 has turn 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
- as Kan
- Dante Maggio as Luigi
- as Itoushi
- as Ishimoto
References[]
- ^ Monaco p.160
Bibliography[]
- Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1963 films
- 1963 crime films
- French crime films
- Italian films
- Italian crime films
- French films
- Films directed by Jacques Deray
- Films set in Tokyo
- 1960s French film stubs