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Pistol Opera

Original title: Pisutoru opera

“Killing with style!”

2001 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
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Cast

Makiko Esumi Mikijiro Hira Sanae Miyata

Credits

Written by: Kazunori Itô

Plot

An assassin who wants to be ranked first in a guild of killers is hunted by her rivals.

Sinekatalog’s take

Seijun Suzuki's colourful late film follows a female assassin who wants to be number one in a guild of killers. Dazzling, theatrical and willfully odd, it is a surreal, stylised and playful riff on his Branded to Kill.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (1,605 votes)
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