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Branded to Kill

Koroshi no rakuin
dir. Seijun Suzuki
Japan 1967, 90’
subtitles: Polish and English

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Theatrical Screenings
Fr 15 Nov, 20:00
Kinoteka 3
Kinoteka 3
Mo 18 Nov, 20:45
Muranów
Muranów
Online Availability
13 Nov, 10:00 – 1 Dec
Additional Materials
Credits
Japan 1967
Duration: 90’
director: Seijun Suzuki
screenplay: Hachiro Guru
cinematography: Kazue Nagatsuka
editing: Akira Suzuki
music: Naozumi Yamamoto
cast: Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Isao Tamagawa, Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, Hiroshi Minami
producer: Kaneo Iwai
production: NIKKATSU CORPORATION
language: Japanese
colouration: colour

Film description

Hanada has two weaknesses – women and the smell of cooked rice. As a hitman, he is almost unrivaled, ranking third on the Tokyo hitmen leaderboard. But when he fails to execute his task, he becomes a target himself, which sends him into a spiral of obsession.

Seijun Suzuki's opus magnum returns six decades after its premiere. After making it, the Japanese master of B-movies was fired from the Nikkatsu studio. The reason? In the words of his employees – creating films that brought no profits and made absolutely no sense. Today, in its wonderful, newly restored 4K glory, "Branded to Kill" appears as an iconic tribute to film noir. Its erotic, melancholic shots contain a healthy serving of gangster cinema that knows how to play with the genre's premises.

text:
Łukasz Mańkowski

Seijun Suzuki

Selected filmography:

1956 Akuma no machi / Satan’s Town
1957 Rajo to kenjû / The Naked Woman and the Gun
1967 Namaszczony do zabijania / Koroshi no rakuin / Branded to Kill
1980 Tsigoineruwaizen / Zigeunerweisen
1981 Kagerô–za / Heat Shimmer Theatre
2001 Pisutoru opera / Pistol Opera

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