''Rififi in Tokyo'' (French: ''Rififi à Tokyo'') is a 1963 French-Italian

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directed by

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and starring

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and Barbara Lass.Monaco p.160

Plot

The veteran gangster Van Hekken arrives in

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to pull off a heist of a precious

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from a

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. However, when his planned second-in command is killed he turns to the dead man's friend Carl Mersen.

Cast

as Carl Mersen *

as Van Hekken * Barbara Lass as Françoise Merigné *

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as Asami *

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as Pierre Merigné * Eiji Okada as Danny Riquet * Masao Oda as Kan *

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as Luigi * Hideaki Suzuki as Itoushi * Eijiro Yanagi as Ishimoto

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1963 films 1963 crime films French crime films Italian crime films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Jacques Deray Films scored by Georges Delerue Films based on works by Auguste Le Breton Films with screenplays by José Giovanni Films set in Tokyo 1960s French films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-France-film-stub