Movie
13 Assassins
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2010-09-25
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Action
- Status
- Released
- 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
- Country
- Japan, United Kingdom
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Koji Yakusho as Shinzaemon Shimada
- Takayuki Yamada as Shinrokuro Shimada
- Yūsuke Iseya as Koyata
- Goro Inagaki as Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
- Kazue Fukiishi as Tsuya / Upashi
- Hiroki Matsukata as Kuranaga
- Tsuyoshi Ihara as Kuzuro Hirayama
- Ikki Sawamura as Gunziro Mitsuhasi
- Arata Furuta as Heizo Sahara
- Sousuke Takaoka as Yasoyosi Hioki
- Rokkaku Seiji as Mosuke Otake
- Kazuki Namioka as Rihei Ishizuka
Crew
- Takashi Miike - Director
- Daisuke Tengan - Screenplay
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