13 Assassins (2010)
Take up your sword.
Starring Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya
Directed by Takashi Miike
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.
Runtime: 141 min.
Rating: 7.3
DVD
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan,United Kingdom
Genres: Action,Adventure,Drama
Keywords: japan,suicide,assassin,samurai,immortality,mission,swordsman,massacre,battle,violence,samurai sword,seppuku,code of honor,ronin,kimono,warrior,19th century,harakiri
Cast
Shinzaemon Shimada
Shinrokuro Shimada
Koyata
Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Tsuya / Upashi
Kuranaga
Kuzuro Hirayama
Gunziro Mitsuhasi
Heizo Sahara
Yasoyosi Hioki
Mosuke Otake
Rihei Ishizuka
Yahachi Horii
Gennai Higuchi
Shoziro Ogura
Hanbei Onigashira
Yukie Makino
Tosho Mamiya
Zoudayu Asakawa
Yatokube Sanshu
Lord Doi
Chiyo Makino
Uneme Makino
Minamotosiro Ideguchi
Otake