13 Assassins
Produced by:
TOHO
Sedic International
Toei Studios Kyoto
OLM
TV Asahi Music
IMAGICA
TV Asahi
dentsu
Shogakukan
The Asahi Shimbun
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting
Television Hokkaido Broadcasting
Yahoo! Japan
TSUTAYA Group
Hiroshima Home Television
Sedic Deux
Raku Film
Recorded Picture Company
HanWay Films
Japan Action Enterprise
Genres:
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Overview
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
Reviews (3)
Andres Gomez (Rated: 5)
Much predictable and brutal. Just some action movie in which 13 guys kill by hundreds ...
sakmode (Rated: 6)
Takashi Miike excels at creating true horror from the internal darkness of humanity and this is clearly evident in his brutal depiction of the villain of this movie, Lord Naritsugu. Through this characterization he establishes a strong motivation for us to stick around and witness the epic 45 minute...
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
Very much in the spirit of Kurosawa, Takashi Miike has assembled a strong cast to depict some fairly epic struggles for power in the 19th century Japanese shogunate. It's the brother of the Shogun who seems to be the source of the trouble. Having mercilessly murdered a family - against the instructi...
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