Koroshi no rakuin = Branded to kill /
殺しの烙印 = Branded to kill /
When Japanese New Wave bad boy Seijun Suzuki delivered this brutal, hilarious, and visually inspired masterpiece to the executives at his studio, he was promptly fired. Branded to Kill tells the ecstatically bent story of a yakuza assassin with a fetish for sniffing steamed rice who botches a job an...
| Uniform Title: | Koroshi no rakuin (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | In Japanese; English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2023]
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| Edition: | [Blu-ray]. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
38. |
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| Summary: | When Japanese New Wave bad boy Seijun Suzuki delivered this brutal, hilarious, and visually inspired masterpiece to the executives at his studio, he was promptly fired. Branded to Kill tells the ecstatically bent story of a yakuza assassin with a fetish for sniffing steamed rice who botches a job and ends up a target himself. This is Suzuki at his most extreme the flabbergasting pinnacle of his sixties pop-art aesthetic. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Originally packaged as part of a 4K UHD/Blu-ray combo pack. Special features: Interviews with director Seijun Suzuki and assistant director Masami Kuzuu; interview with Suzuki from 1997; interview with actor Joe Shishido; trailer; an essay by critic and historian Tony Rayns. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (91 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; NTSC, region A, widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Music, Naozumi Yamamoto ; editor, Matsuo Tanji ; director of photography, Kazue Nagatsuka ; production designer, Sukezo Kawahara. |