tanty
Much predictable and brutal. Just some action movie in which 13 guys kill by hundreds ...
13 Assassins
- Adventure
- Drama
- Action
9/9/2010
141
R
Take up your sword.
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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- Revenue:
- $17,555,141
- Budget:
- $6,000,000
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Cast
Koji YakushoShinzaemon Shimada- Takayuki YamadaShinrokuro Shimada
- Yûsuke IseyaKoyata
- Goro InagakiLord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Kazue FukiishiTsuya / Upashi- Hiroki MatsukataKuranaga
- Tsuyoshi IharaKuzuro Hirayama
- Ikki SawamuraGunziro Mitsuhasi
- Arata FurutaHeizo Sahara
- Sousuke TakaokaYasoyosi Hioki
- Rokkaku SeijiMosuke Otake
- Kazuki NamiokaRihei Ishizuka
- Koen KondoYahachi Horii
- Yuma IshigakiGennai Higuchi
- Masataka KubotaShoziro Ogura
- Masachika IchimuraHanbei Onigashira
Reviews
sakmode
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 satisfyi...