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Branded to Kill
殺しの烙印
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
1967•1h 31m•NR•★ 7.4
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller
Synopsis
The Japanese underworld's Number Three Hitman botches an assignment when a butterfly lands on his rifle scope, finding himself marked for execution by the elusive, phantom-like Number One. Seijun Suzuki's anarchic pop-art yakuza cult classic.
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Seijun Suzuki
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CanonContemplative
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MovementNocturnal
Film Noir
Stories where morality is uncertain and every decision carries a cost.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorSeijun Suzuki
WriterYasuaki HangaiSeijun SuzukiTakeo KimuraAtsushi YamatoyaYōzō TanakaSeiichirō YamaguchiChūsei SoneYutaka Okada
CinematographyKazue Nagatsuka
MusicNaozumi Yamamoto
Principal Cast
Joe ShishidoGorô Hanada
Kōji NanbaraNo. 1
Isao TamagawaMichihiko Yabuhara
Annu MariMisako Nakajô
Mariko OgawaMami Hanada
Hiroshi MinamiGihei Kasuga
Atsushi YamatoyaNo. 4 Killer Ko
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Hiroshi ChōBartenderTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 31m (91 mins)
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DirectorSeijun Suzuki
LanguagesJapanese
CountryJP
StudioNikkatsu
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