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.

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Branded to Kill canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf avant-garde film
film
yakuza film
cinematographer Kazue Nagatsuka
countryOfOrigin Japan
director Seijun Suzuki
distributor Nikkatsu
editor Mutsuo Tanji
follows Tokyo Drifter
genre avant-garde film
crime film
cult film
neo-noir film
yakuza film
hasTheme alienation
assassination
death drive
professional rivalry
influenced Jim Jarmusch
John Woo
Nicolas Winding Refn
Park Chan-wook
Quentin Tarantino
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
producer Kaneo Iwai NERFINISHED
productionCompany Nikkatsu
protagonistOccupation hitman
releaseYear 1967
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Hachirō Guryū
setInPeriod 1960s
stars Annu Mari
Isao Tamagawa NERFINISHED
Joe Shishido
Koji Nanbara
Mariko Ogawa
visualStyle expressionistic
surreal

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Japanese New Wave notableFilm Branded to Kill
Nikkatsu produced Branded to Kill
Seijun Suzuki notableWork Branded to Kill