Branded To Kill (1967)
Directed by Seijun Suzuki · Cinematography by Kazue Nagatsuka
91 min73 frames
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What is Branded To Kill about?
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
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.
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What does the cinematography of Branded To Kill look like?
Sampled across 73 frames, the coverage of Branded To Kill leans on close-ups (40% of the sample) and medium shots (38%). Cinematographer Kazue Nagatsuka keeps 38% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 66% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 70% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
What is the color palette of Branded To Kill?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Branded To Kill (1967) are #030303, #303030, #8e8e8e, #6e6e6e, #cccccc, #fbfbfb — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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