Branded to Kill
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
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
as
Tokuhei Miyahara
as
Reviews
talisencrw
If someone both hated black-and-white films and movies with subtitles, I would encourage them to see this corker. It has 'hilarious masterpiece' written all over it. Suzuki's gangster movies are a cinephile's delight, to be sure--and this is one of his very best. I cannot recommend it highly enough....
deepkino
Branded to Kill is a supposedly hard-boiled action film that gradually turns into an absurd dark comedy, drifting through disconnected scenes and bizarre imagery. Revolving around a chubby-cheeked assassin obsessed with the smell of boiling rice, the film constantly undermines the conventions of gan...
