13 Assassins (2010)
Original title: 十三人の刺客
13 Assassins is a 2010 Japanese-language adventure movie directed by Takashi Miike, with a running time of 2h 21m. It stars Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada and Yūsuke Iseya.
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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Cast
- 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
- Rokkaku Seiji as Mosuke Otake
- Kazuki Namioka as Rihei Ishizuka
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