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1963 film

Rififi in Tokyo

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	29 March 1963 (1963-03-29)
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.

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

Monaco p.160

Bibliography

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

External links

Rififi in Tokyo at IMDb

v t e Jacques Deray
Films directed	The Gigolo (1960) Rififi in Tokyo (1963) Symphony for a Massacre (1963) Crime on a Summer Morning (1965) To Skin a Spy (1966) That Man George (1966) La Piscine (1969) Borsalino (1970) Easy, Down There! (1971) Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1971) The Outside Man (1972) Borsalino & Co. (1974) Flic Story (1975) Le Gang (1977) Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978) Three Men to Kill (1980) Le Marginal (1983) He Died with His Eyes Open (1985) Le Solitaire (1987) Maladie d'amour (1987) Les Bois noirs (1989) Contre l'oubli (1991) Netchaïev est de retour (1991) Un crime [fr] (1993) 3000 scénarios contre un virus (segment: "Arnaud et ses copains") (1994) The Teddy Bear (1994) Clarissa [fr] (1998) On n'a qu'une vie (2000) Lettre d'une inconnue (2001)
See also	Jacques Deray Prize

Jacques Deray

Films directed

The Gigolo (1960)
Rififi in Tokyo (1963)
Symphony for a Massacre (1963)
Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
To Skin a Spy (1966)
That Man George (1966)
La Piscine (1969)
Borsalino (1970)
Easy, Down There! (1971)
Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1971)
The Outside Man (1972)
Borsalino & Co. (1974)
Flic Story (1975)
Le Gang (1977)
Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978)
Three Men to Kill (1980)
Le Marginal (1983)
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
Le Solitaire (1987)
Maladie d'amour (1987)
Les Bois noirs (1989)
Contre l'oubli (1991)
Netchaïev est de retour (1991)
Un crime [fr] (1993)
3000 scénarios contre un virus (segment: "Arnaud et ses copains") (1994)
The Teddy Bear (1994)
Clarissa [fr] (1998)
On n'a qu'une vie (2000)
Lettre d'une inconnue (2001)

See also

Jacques Deray Prize

v t e José Giovanni
Films written and directed	Last Known Address (1970) La Scoumoune (1972) Two Men in Town (1973) The Gypsy (1975) Boomerang (1976) Les Égouts du paradis (1979) The Ruffian (1983) Among Wolves (1985)
Films written only	Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) Classe Tous Risques (1960) The Hole (1960) A Man Named Rocca (1961) Rififi in Tokyo (1963) The Wise Guys (1965) That Man George (1966) To Skin a Spy (1966) The Last Adventure (1967) Ho! (1968) The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Novels	The Break (1957) Le deuxième souffle (1958)

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