Licensor
Nikkatsu Co.
Directed by: Seijun Suzuki
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 (the chipmunk-cheeked superstar Joe Shishido) 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.
Technical Specifications
Format: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Audio:
Japanese 1.0 PCM Mono
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Subtitles:
English
Region:
A
Discs:
1 Disc |
BD-50
Supplements
- Video piece featuring new interviews with director Seijun Suzuki and assistant director Masami Kuzuu
- Interview with Seijun Suzuki from 1997
- New interview with actor Joe Shishido
- Trailer
- A booklet featuring a new essay by critic and historian Tony Rayns
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Release Credits
Artwork: Eric Skillman
Producer: Jason Altman
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