A year after the great “Gate of Flesh“, Seijun Suzuki returned with “Story of a Prostitute”, the second part of what later came to be known as the “Flesh Trilogy”. Like the former, this one is also based on a story by Taijiro Tamura and deals with women who make a living by selling their flesh.
Angry at her lover who marries another woman, the prostitute Harumi (Yumiko Nogawa) decides to become a “comfort woman” (i.e. army prostitute) in Manchuria and service the Japanese Imperial army in their war with China. Quickly after arriving at the army outpost and starting her new dehumanizing job, Harumi is liked by the brutal unit adjutant lieutenant Narita (Isao Tamagawa) who wants to make her his. Yet, to spite him, she starts paying attention to his quiet and shy aide, Mikami (Tamio Kawachi). Though initially repelled by her, the young...
Angry at her lover who marries another woman, the prostitute Harumi (Yumiko Nogawa) decides to become a “comfort woman” (i.e. army prostitute) in Manchuria and service the Japanese Imperial army in their war with China. Quickly after arriving at the army outpost and starting her new dehumanizing job, Harumi is liked by the brutal unit adjutant lieutenant Narita (Isao Tamagawa) who wants to make her his. Yet, to spite him, she starts paying attention to his quiet and shy aide, Mikami (Tamio Kawachi). Though initially repelled by her, the young...
- 3/20/2021
- by Martin Lukanov
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Jô Shishido, Kôji Nanbara, Isao Tamagawa, Anne Mari, Mariko Ogawa, Hiroshi Minami | Written by Hachiro Guryu, Takeo Kimura | Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Writing movie reviews opens up a world that is full of films that I probably would never have had the chance to see. Branded to Kill (Koroshi no rakuin) is one of these and Arrow Video have taken the movie and given it their usual excellent treatment, providing a chance to see it in its best form.
The story revolves around a hit-man who is ranked three with a fetish for sniffing boiling rice. When he fails at his latest job the woman who paid for the hit comes into conflict with him, pushing him into a fight consumed with her own death wish. Finding that his wife also now wants to kill him for his failure and the number one ranked hit-man known as the Phantom...
Writing movie reviews opens up a world that is full of films that I probably would never have had the chance to see. Branded to Kill (Koroshi no rakuin) is one of these and Arrow Video have taken the movie and given it their usual excellent treatment, providing a chance to see it in its best form.
The story revolves around a hit-man who is ranked three with a fetish for sniffing boiling rice. When he fails at his latest job the woman who paid for the hit comes into conflict with him, pushing him into a fight consumed with her own death wish. Finding that his wife also now wants to kill him for his failure and the number one ranked hit-man known as the Phantom...
- 8/20/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Branded to Kill Directed by Seijun Suzuki Written by Hachiro Guru Starring: Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Isao Tamagawa Like 'Tokyo Drifter', Seijun Suzuki's 'Branded to Kill' is a strange, quirky, moody gangster picture that goes out of its way to poke holes in the tropes of this sub-genre while also indulging in some sixties pop cinema. While the film's characters and plot are sometimes tough to penetrate, Suzuki's sense of style and his gleeful mocking of genre conventions is the real draw here. The plot of 'Branded to Kill' is rooted in simple genre beats yet still comes across as characteristically over-complicated. To simplify; hitman Goro Handa and his wife Mami catch a taxi after arriving in Tokyo. The driver, Kasuga, is a former hitman and asks Goro to help him out on a job in order to break back into the business.
- 1/20/2012
- by Jay C.
- FilmJunk
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