Branded to Kill
– After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another ..
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
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Release Date:
15 Jun 1967
Language:
Japanese, English
MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated
Director:
Seijun Suzuki
Writer:
Hachiro Guryu (screenplay), Hachiro Guryu, Takeo Kimura (screenplay), Chûsei Sone (screenplay), Atsushi Yamatoya (screenplay)
Main Actors:
Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Kôji Nanbara
Plot:
The number-three-ranked hit-man, with a fetish for sniffing boiling rice, fumbles his latest job, which puts him into conflict with a mysterious woman whose death wish inspires her to surround herself with dead butterflies and dead birds. Worse danger comes from his own treacherous wife and finally with the number-one-ranked hit-man, known only as a phantom to those who fear his unseen presence.
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Criterion Collection
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