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77% Critic Match
Brand of Evil
“How bizarre can a murder be?”
7.7 / 10• 1964• 2h 13m•NR• Japanese
CrimeDramaThriller
Storyline
A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is asked to investigate Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm president. While secretly conducting his own research, he finds out that Takazawa's husband is the one, responsible for Kikuchi's imprisonment, who also have set sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.
Cast & Crew
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Kikuchi Masaaki
Lead
Michiyo Aratama
Asai Setsuko
Kyôko Kishida
Takazawa Mitsue
Keiji Sada
Takazawa Shigeharu
Takashi Shimura
Tsukamoto
Shirō Ōsaka
Matsuno
Akemi Kita
Kikuchi Etsuko
Kei Satō
Eguchi
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hiromichi Horikawa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Brand of Evil is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
