Branded to Kill

Movie

1967

1h 31m

Not Rated

Japanese

Thriller, Crime, Action

User Score:

7.1

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Watch on The Criterion Channel

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

Branded to Kill

Not Rated

Movie

1967

1h 31m

Japanese

Thriller, Crime, Action

Watch on The Criterion Channel

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

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7.1

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CRITIC SCORE

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Cast

Gorô Hanada

No. 1

Michihiko Yabuhara

Misako Nakajô

Mami Hanada

Gihei Kasuga

Bartender

No. 4 Killer Ko

Optometrist

Jeweler

Directed By: Seijun Suzuki

Written By: Seijun Suzuki (Screenplay), Takeo Kimura (Screenplay), + 6 more

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jekyl6669 says...

7 years ago

While the plot is a bit of a scatterbrained mash of cool scenes strewn together, the overall theme of the story is clear, and that's the desire of the #3 killer wanting to move up the ranks. There's an impressive collection of striking and haunting imagery in this film.

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batsman says...

9 years ago

setup was a bit tedious for me but it pays off in the end.

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Jay Shuai says...

2 years ago

Visually good but not a fan of the choppy editing style. Left me wondering what was happened at times. Nice lighting and composition and the two girls give performances. It’s good but wouldn’t go beyond that. 6/10

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CONTAINS SPOILERS5/10 5 years ago

Old 1967 black and white japanese movie, sold as something so weird and impossible to understand that the director was fired from his company. Worth it ? I'm not sure. The end part is weird in a good way, but the most of it looks like lazy editing of a low on budget movie that could not shoot the wh More

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talisencrw

6 years ago

If someone both hated black-and-white films and movies with subtitles, I would encourage them to see this corker. It has 'hilarious masterpiece' written all over it. Suzuki's gangster movies are a cinephile's delight, to be sure--and this is one of his very best. I cannot recommend it highly enough. More

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