13 Assassins poster
Director Takashi Miike
Writer Kaneo Ikegami, Daisuke Tengan

13 Assassins

Original Title: 十三人の刺客

Tagline: Take up your sword.

Release Date: 2010-09-09

Duration: 141 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Koji Yakusho
    Shinzaemon Shimada
  • Takumi Saitoh
    Uneme Makino
  • Goro Inagaki
    Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
  • Masataka Kubota
    Shoziro Ogura
  • Mitsuki Tanimura
    Chiyo Makino
  • Megumi Kagurazaka
    Otake
  • Ken Mitsuishi
    Zoudayu Asakawa
  • Takayuki Yamada
    Shinrokuro Shimada
  • Kazue Fukiishi
    Tsuya / Upashi
  • Hiroki Matsukata
    Kuranaga