About this movie
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure
- Language:
- Japanese
- Subtitles:
- English
- Running time:
- 2:05:05
- Partner rating:
- R
- Released:
- Apr 29, 2011
Cast & Crew
Cast
- Yusuke Iseya
- Koji Yakusho
Directors
- Takashi Miike
Producers
- Minami Ichikawa
- Tôichirô Shiraishi
- Michihiko Yanagisawa
Writers
- Kaneo Ikegami
- Daisuke Tengan
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13 Assassins
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Trailer for 13 Assassins
Cult director Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era. 13 Assassins - a "masterful exercise in cinematic butchery" (New York Post) - is centered around a group of elite samurai who are secretly enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord to prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war torn future.
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13 Assassins Featurette
Cult director Takeshi Miike delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to...
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Takashi Miike presented "13 Assassins" at the 67th Venice Film Festival (2010)
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