13 Assassins
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- Runtime
- 125 mins
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
Cast
- Chiezō Kataoka
- Kotaro Satomi
- Ryôhei Uchida
- Tetsuro Tamba
- Satomi Oka
- Sumiko Fuji
- Yuriko Mishima
- Kantarō Suga
- Akira Shioji
- Kō Nishimura
- Kanjūrō Arashi
- Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki
- Michitarō Mizushima
- Kunio Kaga
- Seishiro Sawamura
- Kusuo Abe
- Shingo Yamashiro
- Kōshirō Harada
- Shunji Kasuga
- Ushio Akashi
- Eijirō Kataoka
- Ryōsuke Kagawa
- Shunya Wazaki
- Hiroshi Mizuno
- Michimaro Otabe
- Tsukie Matsuura
- Noboru Aihara
- Masao Hori
- Kinnosuke Takamatsu
- Masaharu Arikawa
- Mitsugu Fujii
- Ryōzō Tanaka
- Kandô Arashi
- Kunio Hikita
- Kyōnosuke Murai
- Masuo Kamiki
- Jun Harukawa
- Ren Takahashi
- Ryônosuke Doi
- Masaru Fujiwara
- Isamu Dobashi
- Hiroshi Kasuga
- Ryuji Kita
Director
- Eiichi Kudo
Producers
Screenwriter
- Kaneo Ikegami