Rififi in Tokyo

Rififi in Tokyo
Directed by	Jacques Deray
Written by	Auguste Le Breton (novel) José Giovanni Jacques Deray Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud José Giovanni
Produced by	Jacques Bar Luigi Nannerini
Starring	Karlheinz Böhm Charles Vanel Barbara Lass
Cinematography	Tadashi Aramaki
Edited by	Albert Jurgenson
Music by	Georges Delerue
Production companies	Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	29 March 1963 (1963-03-29)
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

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.^[1]

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 turns to the dead man's friend Carl Mersen.

• 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

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

• Rififi in Tokyo at IMDb

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