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Branded To Kill (DVD, 2002)

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Product Information

Ace fighter Tetsu is recalled to Tokyo to help out his former employer who's embroiled in gang warfare. Japanese dialogue.

Product Identifiers

EAN5028836030348

eBay Product ID (ePID)3950355

Product Key Features

ActorMariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Joe Shishido

Film/TV TitleBranded to Kill

DirectorSeijun Suzuki

LanguageJapanese

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time91 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2002

FormatDVD

FeaturesBlack & White, Widescreen, With Subtitles

GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureJapan

Additional InformationA not-quite tongue-in-cheek send-up of Japanese censorship and pat, by-the-numbers yakuza gangster films, this gonzo feature follows a lower-level underworld assassin (Joe Shishido) as he's toyed with and tormented by a higher-up after a botched job--caused by a butterfly. Seijun Suzuki's strategically placed animated sequences obscured 'offending' material, thwarting censors and delighting fans of the director's black humour. Suzuki, incidentally, was fired by his studio and forced to work in television for 10 years after this film. Shishido, with his collagen-enhanced cheekbones, makes a terrific anti-hero whose unusual quirks (Suzuki reasoned that a man obsessed with the scent of warm rice would signal to audiences that this guy was quintessentially Japanese) instantly endear him to new fans.

Movie/TV TitleBranded To Kill