Branded to Kill
Koroshi no rakuin, Branded to Kill, feature film, 1967.
DIRECTED BY: Seijun Suzuki
CAST:
Jô Shishido (Goro Hanada),
Kôji Nanbara (Br. 1),
Isao Tamagawa (Michihiko Yabuhara),
Anne Mari (Misako Nakajo),
Mariko Ogawa (Mami Hanada)
SCRIPT:
Hachiro Guryu,
Takeo Kimura,
Chûsei Sone,
Atsushi Yamatoya
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Kazue Nagatsuka
Synopsis:
This is one of the most famous films by Suzuki. It is about a contract killer who is currently the third most popular hit man in the Japanese organized crime world. Things start to go bad when he meets Misako, a femme fatale obsessed with death and entomology. One day during his work, a butterfly lands on his gun and causes him to miss. Thus he becomes a target himself. First his own girlfriend turns against him, then Hit Man Number One catches up to him.
35 mm, b/w, 98 min