Release Date
April 29, 2011 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
July 5, 2011 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Takashi Miike
Writer
Takashi Miike
Cast
Yusuke Iseya, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Gorô Inagaki, Masachika Ichimura, Mikijiro Hira, Hiroki Matsukata, Ikki Sawamura, Arata Furuta, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Masataka Kubota, Sosuke Takaoka, Seiji Rokkaku, Yûma Ishigaki, Kôen Kondô
Studio
Running Time
126 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for sequences of bloody violence, some disturbing images and brief nudity
What is 13 Assassins about?
Set in 1844 Japan, and based on a 1963 film of the same name, "13 Assassins" stars Koji Yakusho ("Tokyo Sonata," "Babel"), and brings together the cream of Japan's acting talent. Yakusho plays a brave samurai who assembles an elite team of thirteen killers to assassinate the brother of the Shogun, a sadistic and well protected young lord who's above the law, raping and killing innocents with impunity. The film culminates in a mind-blowing, forty-five... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Evil lords are evil. They like to torture, kill and rape their subjects and have fun doing it. Shooting children with arrows? They love that, too. Why? Because they're evil. But evil lords sometimes need to be put in their place - by the good guys. And often that means killing them. Enter 13 Assassins. Full movie review »
