The Drifting Avenger

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The Drifting Avenger
Directed by Junya Sato
Starring Ken Takakura
Production
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Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget300 million yen

The Drifting Avenger is a Japanese Western film shot in Australia. It was also known as Koya no toseinin. [1] [2]

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Cast

Production

The film was shot at Goonoo Goonoo Station near Tamworth, [3] with location scenes shot in the village of Nundle, & interior scenes shot at Toei Studios in Tokyo.

References

  1. 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)
  2. Vagg, Stephen (July 24, 2019). "50 Meat Pie Westerns". Filmink.
  3. "DODGE CITY, Goonoo Goonoo-style". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 15 May 1968. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2013.