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 has turn to the dead man's friend Carl Mersen.

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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

Bibliography

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

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External links

1963 films

1963 crime films

French crime films

Italian crime films

1960s French-language films

Films directed by Jacques Deray

Films based on works by Auguste Le Breton

Films with screenplays by José Giovanni

Films set in Tokyo

1960s French films

1960s Italian films

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