A hit-man, with a fetish for sniffing boiling rice, fumbles his latest job, putting him into conflict with his treacherous wife, with a mysterious woman eager for death and with the phantom-like hit-man known only as Number One. (Source: IMDb) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 殺しの烙印
- Also Known As: Koroshi no Rakuin
- Director: Suzuki Seijun, Seizun Suzuki
- Screenwriter: Sone Chusei, Tanaka Yozo, Kimura Takeo
- Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Cast & Credits
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![Shishido Joe in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)]( "Shishido Joe in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)")
Shishido Joe Main Role -
![Hisamatsu Kosuke in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)]( "Hisamatsu Kosuke in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)")
Hisamatsu Kosuke Support Role -
![Midorikawa Hiroshi in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)]( "Midorikawa Hiroshi in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)")
Midorikawa Hiroshi[Ophthalmologist]Support Role -
![Takahashi Akira in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)]( "Takahashi Akira in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)")
Takahashi Akira Unknown -
![Hagi Michiko in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)]( "Hagi Michiko in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)")
Hagi Michiko Unknown -
![Minami Hiroshi in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)]( "Minami Hiroshi in Branded to Kill Japanese Movie (1967)")
Minami Hiroshi Unknown
Reviews
Full rebellion mode
Resident bad boy Seijun Suzuki in full rebellion mode, Branded to Kill refuses all direct relations with geography in depicting a career hitman on the verge of losing control, one that's discordant, broken and thoroughly berserk. The film is infamous for Suzuki's firing by Nikkatsu, with Suzuki doubling down on everything they hated his films for after all the restrictions placed upon him, the result is an arresting cocktail of sex, violence and surrealism, the monochrome hues accentuating the perversity of the entire twisted venture; it thrums along to an irresistible hard-bop beat, with effortlessly stylish black and white cinematography and set-pieces straight from a pulp fiction fever dream. Because it's so free of the conventions of other crime thrillers, ignoring all rules of conventional filmmaking and forgoing a traditional three-act structure, the disorienting camera angles and jumps in time are all part of the atmosphere. Suzuki outdid himself with this astonishing blend of yakuza films, film noir and new wave, yes it makes little sense but the strong performances from its cast, especially that of Jō Shishido uplift Branded to Kill to the stuff of legendary status in all its audacious genre-bending and narrative-busting ways.Was this review helpful to you?
