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13 Assassins

2010 141 min ★ 7.3 Adventure, Drama, Action

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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Cast

Koji Yakusho

Shinzaemon Shimada

Takayuki Yamada

Shinrokuro Shimada

Yūsuke 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

Details

Director

Takashi Miike

Screenplay

Daisuke Tengan

Tagline

"Take up your sword."

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$17,555,141

Production

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, Yahoo! Japan, TSUTAYA Group, Hiroshima Home Television, Sedic Deux, Raku Film, Recorded Picture Company, HanWay Films, Japan Action Enterprise, Higashi Nippon Broadcasting, Shizuoka Asahi Television, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting