Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!

1985 2h 1m JA

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★7.0TMDB · 4★6.3IMDB · 31

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Synopsis

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When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto to act as a stalking horse. Hoping the thieves will kill Tanaka and the Ninja Spies will kill the thieves. But what the Shogunate doesn't realise is that Tanaka's even more incompetent assistant Mondo is in fact the leader of a gang of revengers for hire, there motto is "Sure Death" (or your money cheerfully refunded). Mondo doesn't know that everyone knows about the secret, but they all think he does. Poor Mondo, he not only has to deal with crazed Shogunate extremists, oddball ninjas, crooks who work for the Emperor and bicycle riding foreign death squads. He also have to deal with a wife and a crazy mother-in-law!

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Makoto Fujita
Nakamura Mondo
Izumi Ayukawa
Nandemoya no Kayo
Masaki Kyomoto
Kumihimoya no Ryu
Hiroaki Murakami
Hanaya no Masa
Ippei Hikaru
Nishi Junnosuke
Toshio Yamauchi
Sakae Umezu
Mari Shiraki
Ritsu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jo Hirose
Writers: Takeshi Yoshida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Sure Death! Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jo Hirose, shot by Shigeru Ishihara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Masaaki Hirao. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Koichi Sonoi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Makoto Fujita and Izumi Ayukawa and Masaki Kyomoto carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0200708 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Jo Hirose directs. Shigeru Ishihara behind the camera. Masaaki Hirao scores. Koichi Sonoi cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Sure Death! Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Jo Hirose, shot by Shigeru Ishihara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Masaaki Hirao. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Koichi Sonoi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Makoto Fujita and Izumi Ayukawa and Masaki Kyomoto carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0200708 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.