

13 Assassins
2010-09-25 · 141 min · ★ 7.3
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Takashi Miike
- Production companies
- 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, Shizuoka Asahi Television, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, Higashi Nippon Broadcasting
- Countries
- Japan, United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 6,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 17,555,141
Top Cast
Koji YakushoShinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki YamadaShinrokuro Shimada
Yusuke IseyaKoyata
Goro InagakiLord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Kazue FukiishiTsuya / Upashi
Hiroki MatsukataKuranaga
Tsuyoshi IharaKuzuro Hirayama
Ikki SawamuraGunziro Mitsuhasi
Arata FurutaHeizo Sahara
Sousuke TakaokaYasoyosi Hioki
Rokkaku SeijiMosuke Otake
Kazuki NamiokaRihei Ishizuka
Koen KondoYahachi Horii
Yuma IshigakiGennai Higuchi
Masataka KubotaShoziro Ogura
Masachika IchimuraHanbei Onigashira
Matsumoto Hakuō IIYukie Makino
Seiyo UchinoZusho Mamiya
Ken MitsuishiZoudayu Asakawa
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