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Branded to Kill

Name: Branded to Kill
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Action
Released: 1967
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Joe Shishido, Kōji Nanbara, Isao Tamagawa, Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa

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

1967 · Directed by Seijun Suzuki · 91 min · Thriller · Crime · Action · 34 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Atsushi Yamatoya, Yasuaki Hangai, Seiichirō Yamaguchi, Chūsei Sone
Cinematography: Kazue Nagatsuka
Edited by: Akira Suzuki, Mutsuo Tanji
Music: Naozumi Yamamoto
Produced by: Takiko Mizunoe, Kaneo Iwai

Cast

Joe Shishido as Gorô Hanada
Kōji Nanbara as No. 1
Isao Tamagawa as Michihiko Yabuhara
Annu Mari as Misako Nakajô
Mariko Ogawa as Mami Hanada
Hiroshi Minami as Gihei Kasuga
Hiroshi Chō as Bartender
Atsushi Yamatoya as No. 4 Killer Ko
Takashi Nomura
Tokuhei Miyahara

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Nikkatsu Corporation
Themes: assassin, hitman, yakuza, organized crime, black and white, butterfly, absurd

More by Seijun Suzuki

Youth of the Beast — 1963
Tokyo Drifter — 1966

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