Japan,
1967, 91 min
Directed by:
Seijun SuzukiScreenplay:
Seijun SuzukiCinematography:
Kazue NagatsukaComposer:
Naozumi YamamotoPlots(1)
The story of laconic yakuza Hanada, aka 'No. 3 Killer', the third rated hit-man in Japan who takes an impossible job from the mysterious, death obsessed Misako. Hanada bungles the hit and finds himself the target of his employers and a bullet ridden journey leads him to face the No. 1 Killer. Shot in cool monochrome with beguiling visuals, Branded to Kill is an effortlessly cool crime film with a jazzy score that caused Suzuki to be fired by the studio's executives but is now rightly recognised as his masterpiece. (Arrow Films)
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