13 Assassins
2010 · Movie · R · 141 min · ★ 7.3 · 90% critics
Set at the end of Japan’s feudal era, a group of unemployed samurai are recruited to stop a sadistic lord from rising to power. Their mission pits a small team against overwhelming forces, as they plan and fight to prevent the country from sliding into a war-torn future.
Based on 13 Assassins
Also known as Thirteen Assassins
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Details
- Original title
- 十三人の刺客
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-09-25
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (1,264 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want gritty, nonstop samurai-versus-army action with a dark power struggle; Not for you if you dislike predictable fight-driven plots or want deep character focus, like The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi or Blade of the Immortal.
Pros: brutal period action; intense showdown; epic struggles | Cons: predictable plot; shallow character focus; fight-heavy pacing
Themes
- suicide
- mission
- japan
- assassin
- samurai
- immortality
- swordsman
- massacre
- battle
- samurai sword
- seppuku
- code of honor
- +8 more
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Takashi Miike