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The Age of Assassins (1967)

The Age of Assassins poster
Original title
殺人狂時代
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Genre
action film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hitman gets caught up in a surreal contest among assassins. The film mixes comedy, violence, and shifting media styles.

fast-pacedwittystylizeddarkly comicchaoticabsurdcoolself-aware

What happens

The Age of Assassins (Japanese: 殺人狂時代, Hepburn: Satsujinkyō jidai) is a 1967 Japanese film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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