Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on October 6, 2019

Branded to Kill (Koroshi no rakuin) Directed by Seijun Suzuki Written by Hachiro Guryu, Takeo Kimura, Chusei Sone, and Atsuye Yomatoya 1967/Japan Nikkatsu Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Seijun Suzuki did it his way.  And didn’t work again for ten years. Goro Hanada (chipmunk-cheeked Jo Shishi   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 23, 2016

Branded to Kill is the stuff of legend inasmuch as director Seijun Suzuki offered up this wonderfully wacky, perverse, dynamic film and was subsequently dumped by his studio.  At Nikkatsu they accused Suzuki of crafting an oeuvre that made “no sense and no money.” And if we watch it with   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 23, 2016

Branded to Kill is the stuff of legend inasmuch as director Seijun Suzuki offered up this wonderfully wacky, perverse, dynamic film and was subsequently dumped by his studio.  At Nikkatsu they accused Suzuki of crafting an oeuvre that made “no sense and no money.” And if we watch it with   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on September 27, 2013

vt Father and Son UK / 68 minutes / bw / George Smith, Nettlefold, Radio Pictures Dir: Maclean Rogers Pr: George Smith Scr: Kathleen Butler, H.F. Maltby Story: “Trouble in the House” (n.d.) by Anthony Richardson Cine: Geoffrey Faithfull Cast: Robert Rendel, Ethel Griffies, James Mason, L   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on May 28, 2013

The answers to this week's TV quiz referenced the theme song to the 1965-66 Chuck Connors Western series Branded. Frankly, I was surprised by the number of people who remembered both the series and the song fondly. Did you know the series was created by the prolific Larry Cohen (e.g.,...   read more