Released in English version.

Branded to Kill (1967)

Top 9 in Top 10 best gangster movies of all time that make you passionate about watching.

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Branded to Kill is the best gangster movie of all time by director Seijun Suzuki, who was fired by production company Nikkatsu for "making pointless and moneyless movies". Although the film is now a cult classic, his dismissal is not surprising given the discovery that Branded to Kill was the "worst nightmare" of any production company. any time. Anarchy and irrational, the film tells the story of Goro Hanada, a third-rate Japanese assassin. However, after a job goes wrong, he becomes the target of No.1 - who has a very unique ability to kill targets. After the film's failure and Suzuki's eventual lawsuit against Nikkatsu, Suzuki was blacklisted in the Japanese film industry, not allowed to make a film until ten years later.

To outsiders, Branded to Kill may seem like a jumble of images and scenes, full of energy but creating an atmosphere for those who resonate with it. The edited rhythm resonates with the staccato jazz while its chronology plays out more almost through impulse than through any particular reasoning. It might make some sense when Hanada escapes by jumping out of a window or when No.1 decides the best way to kill Hanada is to move in with him and slowly bring him down, but that makes a lot of sense in the strange world Suzuki created.

The lighting choices are designed to be as contrasting as possible to accentuate the eerie frenzy, creating a unique impression. The strangest is that Hanada reveres the smell of steamed rice, which he uses to put his mind at ease both in terms of love and violence. Suzuki satirized, mocking many conventions of the spy crime genre to a ridiculous degree.

Suzuki let no one stand in his way when he made Branded to Kill, based on every decision he believed would be the most entertaining that made Branded to Kill a gangster classic.

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