Branded to Kill (Criterion Collection)

At once a brutal action film and a parody of the genre and its critics, this bullet-riddled saga of the Japanese mob's "No. 3 Killer"─and how a mishap on a job turns him into the target of the "No. 1 Killer"─led to director Seijun Suzuki's being dropped by his studio, but is now recognized as a surrealistic classic. Jo Shishido, Mariko Ogawa star. 91 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Japanese Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; interviews; theatrical trailer; booklet. In Japanese with English subtitles.