13 Assassins

Sep 25, 2010

2h 21m

★ 7.3

Take up your sword.

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.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Action

Production Companies

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

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Cast

Shinzaemon Shimada

Koji Yakusho

Shinrokuro Shimada

Takayuki Yamada

Koyata

Yūsuke Iseya

Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira

Goro Inagaki

Tsuya / Upashi

Kazue Fukiishi

Kuranaga

Hiroki Matsukata

Kuzuro Hirayama

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Gunziro Mitsuhasi

Ikki Sawamura

Heizo Sahara

Arata Furuta

Yasoyosi Hioki

Sousuke Takaoka

Mosuke Otake

Rokkaku Seiji

Rihei Ishizuka

Kazuki Namioka

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