Branded to Kill (1967)

Wizard Chris had the pick this week, and he took Crit Club on a dangerous journey to Japan's underground with Branded to Kill, an outré assassination story heavily weighted with themes of desire, purpose, professional hierarchy and the smell of rice. Come listen to see if we decide whether this movie deserves to be #1 or covertly shot through plumbing fixtures.

Other things we discussed: 

• Killer 7
• Tampopo
• John Wick
• The Prisoner
• James Bond, et al. 
• 100 Days My Prince
• The Wire
• Wolfwalkers
• The Mandalorian

Stay tuned next week, when we'll make a hard right turn into early '80s NYC punk culture as we watch Susan Seidelman's 1982 movie Smithereens. 

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