
Branded to Kill(1967)
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.


The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.

Yūsaku Matsuda
Shouhei Narumi
Keiko Tasaka
Kyoko Sasaka

Yōko Ichiji

Daigo Kusano

Asao Uchida
Kohinata

Bontarō Miake

Hiroshi Nawa

Ryuji Katagiri
Hitoshi Ōmae

Iwao Dan
The Most Dangerous Game is a action, crime film released in 1978 exploring themes of japan, hitman, アクション, ハードボイルド, スナイパー. Directed by Tōru Murakawa, it stars Yūsaku Matsuda, Keiko Tasaka, Yōko Ichiji. The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
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