In what ways is Suzuki’s 1967 film Branded to Kill representative of the Japanese New Wave and how does the film exemplify modernism in cinema?

In what ways is Suzuki’s 1967 film Branded to Kill representative of the Japanese New Wave and how does the film exemplify modernism in cinema?

You are required to use 5 valid print or online sources (books, articles, chapters in edited collections, online academic journals), one of which must be the course text (Kovács, Screening Modernism). 

Your paper should demonstrate independent, original thought; it should not be a string of quotations and/or paraphrases of what other people have said about your topic. Avoid lengthy quotations (longer than 6-8 lines). Your paper must have a thesis statement, in the first or second paragraph. The thesis statement is the main argument you are making in your paper: the rest of the paper should support and illustrate your thesis.