13 Assassins

Name: 13 Assassins
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2010-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.301

About 13 Assassins

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.

13 Assassins (2010) is an action adventure film directed by Takashi Miike. Its themes are battle, samurai, warrior, and massacre.

Koji Yakusho stars as Shinzaemon Shimada, Takayuki Yamada as Shinrokuro Shimada, Yusuke Iseya as Koyata, and Goro Inagaki as Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira. It runs 141 minutes and was released in September 2010.

The screenplay is by Daisuke Tengan. Production companies include HanWay Films, OLM, and Recorded Picture Company. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and ARROW.

Harakiri, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, and Yojimbo make useful companions to 13 Assassins, all filed under bakumatsu, edo period, and japan. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 1,324 votes and it carries a R rating.