Branded to Kill
Branded to Kill (殺しの烙印; Koroshi no Rakuin) is a 1967 film by Japanese director Suzuki Seijun starring Shishido Jo, Ogawa Mariko, Mari Annu and Nambara Koji.
Plot Summary
Hanada Goro (Shishido) is the no. 3 ranked assassin in the Japanese underworld. After the deaths of the no. 2 and no. 4 ranked assassins, Hanada takes a job offered by the morbid and mysterious Misako (Mari). When the job goes bad, he finds himself being hunted by the even more mysterious no. 1 (Nambara); after no. 1 kidnaps Misako, Hanada resolves to dipose of him, taking the no. 1 spot for himself.
The assasination of the underboss Sonny Valerio through a sink drain in Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai is an homage to the assassination of a crooked dentist in Branded to Kill.
Referenced By
Cinema of Japan | Film history/Japan | Film history of Japan | Japanese cinema | Pistol Opera | Suzuki Seijun
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