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13 Assassins

13 Assassins

Take up your sword.

2010•2h 21m•7.3/10
AdventureDramaAction

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7.3/10(1K)

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

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, Higashi Nippon Broadcasting, Shizuoka Asahi Television, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Shinzaemon Shimada

Takayuki Yamada

Takayuki Yamada

Shinrokuro Shimada

Yūsuke Iseya

Yūsuke Iseya

Koyata

Goro Inagaki

Goro Inagaki

Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira

Kazue Fukiishi

Kazue Fukiishi

Tsuya / Upashi

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Kuranaga

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Kuzuro Hirayama

Ikki Sawamura

Ikki Sawamura

Gunziro Mitsuhasi

Arata Furuta

Arata Furuta

Heizo Sahara

Sousuke Takaoka

Sousuke Takaoka

Yasoyosi Hioki

Rokkaku Seiji

Rokkaku Seiji

Mosuke Otake

Kazuki Namioka

Kazuki Namioka

Rihei Ishizuka

Koen Kondo

Koen Kondo

Yahachi Horii

Yuma Ishigaki

Yuma Ishigaki

Gennai Higuchi

Masataka Kubota

Masataka Kubota

Shoziro Ogura

Masachika Ichimura

Masachika Ichimura

Hanbei Onigashira

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Yukie Makino

Seiyo Uchino

Seiyo Uchino

Zusho Mamiya

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Zoudayu Asakawa

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Yatokube Sanshu

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