Branded to Kill

beast...we are beast.. lets have a beastly love...

 

 "Alcohol and women kills the killer .."  says the friend of ranking number 3 hit man Hanada...this professional hit man code of ethics are internal part of perverse and satirical narrative of  Branded to kill (1967)  During the brief nap scene toward to the end of film,  # 1 ranking hit man criticize his opponent training: "cant you sleep with your eyes open? you have badly trained " Director Seijun Suzuki's film full with unorthodox, and grotesque imagery; mirrors, entomological specimens, butterflies, femme-fatals, " un chien Andalou" scene; all these disjointedly connected through a brilliant editing process. The Director Seijun Suzuki is no stranger to the wars or man mindless killings. 

He has also said that he often found the horrors of war comical,^[4]

But war is very funny, you know! When you're in the middle of it, you can't help laughing. Of course it's different when you're facing the enemy. I was thrown into the sea during a bombing raid. As I was drifting, I got the giggles. When we were bombed, there were some people on the deck of the ship. That was a funny sight.^[6]

 Branded to kill was Suzuki's last movie with Nikkatsu studio. He has been fired by the studio boss finding  the film " incomprehensible" result of film commercial failure at the time of its release. Suzuki spend the next ten years fighting against the studio, without making movies. Over the next ten years his statue among the young generation of Japanese grown steadfastly. His movies rediscovered during mid 80's and he has become celebrated cult figure. David Lynch followers will enjoy Hanada's fetishistic sniffling of boiling rice scenes as reminiscent of antagonist of Blue Velvet, Frank Booth.

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