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 ⓘ