Branded to Kill

Seijun Suzuki

 
Branded to Kill Criterion DVD

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  • Japan
  • 1967
  • 98 minutes
  • Black and White
  • 2.35:1
  • Japanese

SYNOPSIS: Branded to Kill, the wildly perverse story of the yakuza’s rice-sniffing “No. 3 Killer,” is Seijun Suzuki at his delirious best. From a cookie-cutter studio script, Suzuki delivered this brutal, hilarious, and visually inspired masterpiece—and was promptly fired. Criterion presents the DVD premiere of Branded to Kill in a pristine transfer from the original Nikkatsu-scope master.

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Cast

Goro HanadaJoe Shishido
Mami HanadaMariko Ogawa
Misako NakajoAnnu Mari
Number One KillerKoji Nanbara

Credits

DirectorSeijun Suzuki
ProducerKaneo Iwai
CinematographyKazue Nagatsuka
ScreenplayHachiro Guryu
MusicNaozumi Yamamoto
Production designSukezo Kawahara
EditingMutsuo Tanji
Assistant directorMasami Kuzuu

Disc Features

  • Exclusive interview with director Seijun Suzuki
  • Vintage Japanese film ephemera from the collection of John Zorn

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Film Essays

Branded to Kill

By John ZornFebruary 22, 1999

Flipping around the channels of late-night TV in my Tokyo apartment in 1984 I came across what seemed like a B movie from the ’60s. The studio: Nikkatsu. The star: Joe Shishido Read more »

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