Branded to Kill
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Branded to Kill is a 1967 avant-garde yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki, renowned for its surreal style, fragmented narrative, and major influence on cult and art-house cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Branded to Kill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9846931 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Branded to Kill Context triple: [Japanese New Wave, notableFilm, Branded to Kill]
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A.
Born to Kill
Born to Kill is an alternate title for the 1974 American drama film "Cockfighter," directed by Monte Hellman and starring Warren Oates as a man obsessed with becoming the top cockfighting trainer in the American South.
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Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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C.
Hard to Kill
Hard to Kill is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced annually by Impact Wrestling.
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Killer Force
Killer Force is a 1976 action-thriller film about a security chief investigating a suspected diamond heist at a South African mine.
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E.
License to Kill
"License to Kill" is a 1989 James Bond film best known for its darker tone and for featuring the title song performed by soul singer Gladys Knight.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Branded to Kill Target entity description: Branded to Kill is a 1967 avant-garde yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki, renowned for its surreal style, fragmented narrative, and major influence on cult and art-house cinema.
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A.
Born to Kill
Born to Kill is an alternate title for the 1974 American drama film "Cockfighter," directed by Monte Hellman and starring Warren Oates as a man obsessed with becoming the top cockfighting trainer in the American South.
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B.
Great Kills
Great Kills is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its marina, waterfront parks, and suburban character.
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C.
Hard to Kill
Hard to Kill is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced annually by Impact Wrestling.
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D.
Killer Force
Killer Force is a 1976 action-thriller film about a security chief investigating a suspected diamond heist at a South African mine.
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E.
License to Kill
"License to Kill" is a 1989 James Bond film best known for its darker tone and for featuring the title song performed by soul singer Gladys Knight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde film
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film ⓘ yakuza film ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Kazue Nagatsuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Seijun Suzuki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Nikkatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Mutsuo Tanji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Tokyo Drifter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde film
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crime film ⓘ cult film ⓘ neo-noir film ⓘ yakuza film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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assassination ⓘ death drive ⓘ professional rivalry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jim Jarmusch
NERFINISHED
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John Woo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolas Winding Refn NERFINISHED ⓘ Park Chan-wook NERFINISHED ⓘ Quentin Tarantino NERFINISHED ⓘ art-house cinema ⓘ cult cinema ⓘ |
| initialReception | commercial failure ⓘ |
| laterReception | cult classic ⓘ |
| ledTo | firing of Seijun Suzuki from Nikkatsu ⓘ |
| musicBy | Naozumi Yamamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | fragmented ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Goro Hanada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Nikkatsu Action series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Kaneo Iwai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Nikkatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | hitman ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Hachirō Guryū NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| stars |
Annu Mari
NERFINISHED
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Isao Tamagawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Shishido NERFINISHED ⓘ Koji Nanbara NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariko Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
expressionistic
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surreal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Branded to Kill Description of subject: Branded to Kill is a 1967 avant-garde yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki, renowned for its surreal style, fragmented narrative, and major influence on cult and art-house cinema.
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