Olivia Khoo, "Tokyo drifting: Toei Corporation's The Drifting Avenger and the internationalization of the Australian western", Studies in Australasian Cinema, Volume 4, Number 3, December 2010, pp. 231-241(11) is a 1968 Japanese Western film shot in Australia, directed by Junya Sato. The film was released on 14 June 1968 by Toei Company.
Cast
Ken Takakura as Ken Kato Ken Goodlet as Marvin Judith Roberts as Rosa Kevin Cooney as Mike the Boy Ronald Norman Lea as Franco (as R. Lea) Clive Saxon as Billy Pat Twohill as Carson (as John Sherwood) Reginald Collins as the Doctor Ray Lamont as the Sheriff Mike Danning as Laker (as Mike Dunning) Osman Yusuf as Duncan (as John Yusef) Stanley Rogers as Rogers (as Stan Rogers) Tony Allen as Jack (as Tony Allan) Chuck Kehoe as Ricky Terry Farnsworth as Cowboy Gunslinger (as T. Fansworth) Reg Gorman as Otto Carlo Manchini as Wayne Hans Horneff as Manager (as Hans Horner) Graham Keating as Wess Peter Armstrong as a Cowboy Dew Purington (as D. Purington) John Hopkins as Cowboy A (as J. Hopkins) Liam Reynolds as Cowboy B (as L. Reynolds) B. Evis as Cowboy C Allen Bickford (as A. Bickford) P. McCornill Takashi Shimura as Ken's Father (as T. Shimura)
Production The film was shot at Goonoo Goonoo Station near Tamworth, with location scenes shot in the village of Nundle, & interior scenes shot at Toei Studios in Tokyo.
References
External links
The Drifting Avenger at Oz Movies