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Director:
Writers:
Hachiro Guryu (writer)
Takeo Kimura (writer)
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Release Date:
15 June 1967 (Japan) more
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Plot:
The film's story centers on Hanada, a.k.a. "No. 3 Killer," the third-best hit man in Japanese organized crime... more | add synopsis
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Full Throttle: 1960S Japanese Action Cinema
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So cool Jarmusch ripped it off more (34 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jo Shishido ... Hanada Goro
Mariko Ogawa ... Mami Hanada
Anne Mari ... Misako
Kôji Nanbara ... No.1
Isao Tamagawa ... Michihiko Yabuhara
Hiroshi Minami ... Gihei Kasuga
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Iwae Arai
Franz Gruber ... Western man
Kosuke Hisamatsu
Hiroshi Midorigawa
Tokuhei Miyahara
Hiroshi Naga
Takashi Nomura
Atsushi Yamatoya
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Branded to Kill (International: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:
98 min | Argentina:99 min | USA:91 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Director Seijun Suzuki was fired for deviating too far from the script. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Oldboy (2003) more

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So cool Jarmusch ripped it off, 17 June 2001
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Author: charlietuna from The Pacific

Seijun Suzuki refers to his films as "entertainment" and without critical merit. Yet, this was somewhat tongue in cheek as he stated that critics feel a movie must have a "moral or some social commentary" to be worthy of attention. Be that as it may, "Branded to Kill" is simply a fantastic achievement. Suzuki was working with both a lead man and a script provided to him by the Nikkatsu Corporation. As such, when you evaluate his films, you do so by focusing on the technical merits. Personally, I find his disconnected editing, and surreal lighting styles to be amazing. Suzuki's skill turns what is otherwise a laughable boiler plate film noir into something more. The lighting and editing make the exclamations that the script doesn't, and the decision to shoot the final scene in a boxing ring is brilliant.

It was entertaining to watch person after person jump up and down about the originality of "Ghost Dog" with no mention of the fact that Jarmusch lifted one of the assassination sequences unchanged from "Branded to Kill". Hopefully as more of Suzuki's work comes to DVD, people and critics alike will recognize a blatant tribute when it is given. Suzuki deserves them all.

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