---
title: 'Branded to Kill (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Seijun Suzuki'
released: '1967-06-15'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/branded-to-kill-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061882/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Branded to Kill (1967)

1967 · 97 min · Crime · Japan

Original title: 殺しの烙印

## Synopsis

Branded to Kill  is a 1967 Japanese black comedy and yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari and Mariko Ogawa. The story follows contract killer Goro Hanada as he is recruited by a mysterious woman named Misako for a seemingly impossible mission. When the mission fails, he is hunted by the phantom Number One Killer, whose methods threaten his life and sanity.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Seijun Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/seijun-suzuki)
- **Screenplay:** [Hachiro Guru](https://cinepixo.com/people/hachiro-guru)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Naozumi Yamamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/naozumi-yamamoto)
- **Producer:** [Takiko Mizunoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/takiko-mizunoe)
- **Editor:** [Mutsuo Tanji](https://cinepixo.com/people/mutsuo-tanji)

## Cast

- [Hiroshi Minami](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-minami)
- [Joe Shishido](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-shishido)
- [Kōji Nanbara](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-nanbara)
- [Isao Tamagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-tamagawa)
- [Annu Mari](https://cinepixo.com/people/annu-mari)

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