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15 June 1967 (Japan) morePlot:
The film's story centers on Hanada, a.k.a. "No. 3 Killer," the third-best hit man in Japanese organized crime... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Number One With a Bullet moreCast
(Credited cast) | Jo Shishido | ... | Hanada Goro |
| Mariko Ogawa | ... | Mami Hanada |
| Anne Mari | ... | Misako |
| Koji Nambara | ... | No.1 |
| Isao Tamagawa | ... | Michihiko Yabuhara |
| Hiroshi Minami | ... | Gihei Kasuga |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Iwae Arai | ||
| Kosuke Hisamatsu | ||
| Hiroshi Midorigawa | ||
| Tokuhei Miyahara | ||
| Hiroshi Naga | ||
| Takashi Nomura | ||
| Atsushi Yamatoya | ||
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While the British were playing the psychedelic numbers game with "The Prisoner," 1967 brought the Japanese Seijun Suzuki's "Branded to Kill." This story of a hit-man reduced to a number leads a cold killer through a surreal journey to his humanity. As the movie reveals emotions to the main character, he is struggling with his past, and is pitted against the mysterious #1.
This movie, outside of being visually stunning, is exceptional in how it explores emotions versus purpose. It beautifully juxtaposes the drive for a career, its duty and its devastation, against the desire for love and the weakness of human nature. "Branded to Kill" meshes the beauty of the film noir shadows with a surrealism laid on the foundations of Luis Bunuel. This hardboiled tail meshes dark shots with cut outs and overlays, as if a the Yakuza were shot by Man Ray.
Thankfully most of Suzuki's films have been released on video. Now he may achieve the respect and notoriety that he has earned.