Under the not-unreasonable charge that his films made no sense and no money, Japanese cult director Seijun Suzuki was fired from B-movie house Nikkatsu Studios after making 1967's Branded To Kill, ...

Did you know that there is a ranking of the best assassins of Japan? In the spirit of 1967's Branded To Kill, also by director Suzuki Seijun, comes Pistol Opera. The assassin ranked third is out to ...

Still gonzo after all these years, Nippon cinema cult idol Seijun Suzuki's first film since 1995 is a loose sequel to his most famous pulp-maximalist endeavor "Branded to Kill" (1967), the B&W 'Scope ...

A beautiful assassin (Makiko Esumi), ranked No. 3 in her guild, finds out that the other killers are offing one another to become No. 1. A perfect opportunity for veteran Japanese action auteur Seijun ...

Japanese director Seijun Suzuki has called this 2001 feature a sequel to his 1967 stylistic exercise Branded to Kill. But that was a hit-man thriller in black and white; this is a sensual explosion in ...