13 Assassins

13 Assassins

2010 · 141 min · JA · R · 7.3 (1,265 votes)
Dir. Takashi Miike · Starring Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yūsuke Iseya, Goro Inagaki, Kazue Fukiishi, Hiroki Matsukata · Music Koji Endo

Take up your sword.

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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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This is a relentless, visceral samurai epic, building to an astonishingly brutal and extended confrontation. It's a gritty, honor-bound tale of desperate heroism, where every sword stroke feels impactful and the stakes are impossibly high, leaving you breathless.

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