Branded to kill

DVD 2011

The number-three ranked killer in the Tokyo underworld carries out three hits, but bungles a fourth. Then both the women in his life try to kill him. The next thing he knows, he is playing a cat-and-mouse game with the very dangerous No. 1 killer.

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Action and adventure films Crime films Feature films Fiction Foreign films Motion pictures, Japanese Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 38 Criterion collection ; 38 DVD

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ISBN:

9786314518394

Edition:

DVD Special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (91 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital monophonic
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Koroshi no rakuin (Motion picture) [DVD]

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967
Features: video piece featuring new interviews with director Seijun Suzuki and assistant director Masami Kuzuu, interview with Suzuki from 1997, new interview with actor Joe Shishido, trailer, new and improved English subtitle translation, booklet featuring an essay by critic and historian Tony Rayns
Cinematography, Kazue Nagatsuka ; art, Sukezo Kawahara ; music, Naozumi Yamamoto
Jo Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Isao Tamagawa, Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, Hiroshi Minami
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital monophonic
For private home use only
Audio track in Japanese, with optional subtitles in English

Control Number:

3182797

UPC:

715515090513

Other Authors:

Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Guryū, Hachirō, screenwriter
Mari, Annu, 1948- actor
Minami, Hiroshi, actor
Nanbara, Kōji, 1927-2001, actor
Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, production company
Ogawa, Mariko, 1949- actor
Shishido, Jō, 1933-2020, actor
Suzuki, Seijun, 1923-2017, film director
Tamagawa, Isao, 1922-2004, actor

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