The Drifting Avenger Explained
The Drifting Avenger is a Japanese Western film shot in Australia. It was also known as Koya no toseinin.[1] [2]
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,[3] with location scenes shot in the village of Nundle, & interior scenes shot at Toei Studios in Tokyo.
External links
Notes and References
- 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)
- Filmink. Stephen. Vagg. 50 Meat Pie Westerns. July 24, 2019.
- News: DODGE CITY, Goonoo Goonoo-style. . . 15 May 1968 . 6 October 2013 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
