Round 11: Tossup 9

To kick off the finale of a film by this director, the camera dollies away from a woman singing in a black room under a red lantern, and stops as the protagonist walks through white gates in a hallway. Kill Bill: Volume 1’s black-and-white opening scene alludes to that of a film by this director, in which the protagonist finds a broken red toy gun. Jim Jarmusch borrowed scenes from a film by this non-French director for Ghost Dog, like one in which a butterfly lands on the protagonist’s rifle. (-5[1])A 1991 film by this director is the source of the best-known song from In the Mood for Love, “Yumeji’s Theme” by Shigeru (*) Umebayashi. This director used a glitzy color palette and barebones sets in a film whose protagonist, played by pop star Tetsuya Watari, sings his own jazzy theme song. This director sued Nikkatsu after being fired for making a bizarre film starring Joe Shishido as a hitman. For 10 points, (10[1])name this director of yakuza B-movies like Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter. ■END■ (0[1])

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