13 Assassins (2010)
Take up your sword.
Director: Takashi Miike · Writer: Daisuke Tengan
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.
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Trailer
Director
Takashi Miike
Cast
Koji Yakusho
Shinzaemon Shimada 
Takayuki Yamada
Shinrokuro Shimada 
Yusuke Iseya
Koyata 
Goro Inagaki
Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira 
Kazue Fukiishi
Tsuya / Upashi 
Hiroki Matsukata
Kuranaga 
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Kuzuro Hirayama 
Ikki Sawamura
Gunziro Mitsuhasi 
Arata Furuta
Heizo Sahara 
Sousuke Takaoka
Yasoyosi Hioki 
Rokkaku Seiji
Mosuke Otake 
Kazuki Namioka
Rihei Ishizuka User Reviews (3)
Much predictable and brutal. Just some action movie in which 13 guys kill by hundreds ...
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 battle at the film's climax in our hope to see Naritsugu brought to justice. Period Japan is depicted in a fashion that appears competent and authentic and the climactic battle is satisfyingly crunchy and visceral. The story is simple and direct and Miike's deft hand spends the first half setting up a truly despicable, hate-able villain and the titular assassins and their heroic leader, Shinzaemon, then the second half delivering a very satisfying come-uppance in a relentless fury of action, blood and mud. Well worth watching if you like this sort of thing!
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 instructions of his sibling - he has earned the enmity of veteran Samurai "Shinzaemon" (Kôji Yakusho) but with a significant political appointment in Edo looming, it would appear he is untouchable. It's the journey "Naritsugu" (Gorô Inagaki) must make through the densely forested countryside that might offer an opportunity for revenge, but he has the equally lethal Samurai "Hanbei" (Masachika Ichimura) orgainisng his large escort. With but a dozen men and the intrepid under "Koyata" (Yûsuke Iseya) to guide them along less trodden paths, this disparate baker's dozen must try to anticipate the path th…
