In Japanese with English Subtitles
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yuseke
Iseya, Goro Inagaki, Masachika Ichimura, Mikijiro Hira, Hiroki
Matsukata, Ikki Sawamura, Arata Furuta, Tsuyoshi Ihara
RunTime: 2 hrs 21 mins
Released By: Shaw
Rating: TBA
Official Website:
http://13assassins.jp/index.html
Opening Day: 28 April 2011
Synopsis:
Peaceful times in feudal Japan are threatened by the bloody
rise to power of cruel Lord Naritsugu. Above the law because
he is the Shogun’s brother, the sadistic young Lord
rapes and kills at whim.
Distressed
by the Lord’s murderous rampage, top Shogun official
Sir Doi secretly calls on esteemed samurai Shinzaemon Shimada
to assassinate the evil Naritsugu. Outraged on Lord Naritsugu’s
vile acts, noble Shinzaemon willingly accepts the dangerous
mission.
Shizaemon
gathers an elite group of samurai, each with their own deadly
skill, including his gambling nephew Shintokuro and devoted
ronin Hirayama, Together they plot to ambush Lord Naritsugu
on his annual journey home from Edo. The courageous samurai
know it’s a suicide mission because the Lord Naritsugu
is closely protected by a lethal entourage led by ruthless
Hanbei, Shinzaemon’s longtime nemesis.
After
weeks of training and preparation, SHinzaemon and his samurai
ride stealthily through the mountains. On their perilous journey,
they recruit a wild young mountain man, Koyata. The skilled
group then takes over a small village, transforming it into
an intricate death trap to snare Lord Naritsugu.
But
when the Lord finally arrives, Shinzaemon and his loyal samurai
discover they are outnumbered fifteen to one. The day has
come for our fearless assassins to face death in a bloody
showdown, a monumental battle of fiery explosions, showers
of arrows and clashing swords.
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