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(aka 'Koroshi no rakuin" or "Branded to Kill")

Japan 1967

Branded to Kill, the wildly perverse story of the yakuza’s rice-sniffing “No. 3 Killer,” is Seijun Suzuki at his delirious best. From a cookie-cutter studio script, Suzuki delivered this brutal, hilarious, and visually inspired masterpiece—and was promptly fired.

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Theatrical Release: 1966 - Tokyo

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DVD Review: Criterion - Region 0 - NTSC

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Distribution	Criterion Collection - Spine # 38 - Region 0 - NTSC
Runtime	1:31:00
Video	2.17:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.5 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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Audio	Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0 mono)
Subtitles	English, None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Criterion / Home Vision Aspect Ratio: 2.17:1 Edition Details: • Seijun Suzuki interview (14:02) • Poster Gallery • 2 page liner notes by John Zorn DVD Release Date: February 23rd, 1999 Keep Case Chapters: 27

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Style can be utilized to cover quite a few cinematographic flaws which I will partly blame on the way this DVD looks. But this very early non-anamorphic Criterion DVD looks very poor. One of their worst - no question. It is quite hazy with shallow contrast. Like "Tokyo Drifter" if a pristine print transfer were done, it would be outstanding and more worthy of the Criterion branding. As it stands, this is for Seijun Suzuki aficionados and those keen on the genre. Luckily I am - there is so much style over substance, it makes the viewing experience downright fun. Regardless of the flawed image we recommend. Its the type of Criterion that may go out-of-print for a long time.

Gary W. Tooze

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