PLOT
In 1844, the peace of Feudal Japan is threatened by cruel Lord Naritsugu
Matsudaira, who is politically rising and getting closer to his
half-brother, the shogun. After the harakiri of the Namiya clan leader,
samurai Shinzaemon Shimada is summoned by the shogun's advisor Sir Doi
of the Akash Clan to listen to the tragedy of Makino Uneme, whose son
and daughter-in-law have been murdered by Naritsugu. Then Sir Doi shows a
woman with arms, legs and tongue severed by Naritsugu and she writes
with her forearm a request to Shinza to slaughter Naritsugu and his
samurais. Shinza promises to kill Naritsugu and he gathers eleven other
samurais and plots a plan to attack Naritsugu in his trip back to the
Akash land. But the cunning samurai Hanbei Kitou that is responsible for
the security of his master foresees Shinza's intent. Shinza decides to
go with his samurais through the mountain, where they find the hunter
Koyata that guides them off the mountain and joins the group. Now the
thirteen men.
My first view for this is 'so-so', might because the actors appearance not to smart (man in shogun era that thigh their hair up...you know...). But as a Japan DHF (Die Hard Fan) I try to follow this movie till ending. The result, I'm not wasting my time watching it. For me it's supper movie, quality plot and actions. So it prove, there's' no need sexy ladies or smart mantel to have good movies. 5 star for this movie!!
CASTING
Kôji Yakusho as Shinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki Yamada as Shinrokuro Shimada
Yûsuke Iseya as Koyata Kiga
Gorô Inagaki as Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Ikki Sawamura as Gunjiro Mitsuhashi
Arata Furuta as Heizo Sahara
Masachika Ichimura as Hanbei Kitou
Mikijirô Hira as Sir Doi
TRILLER
'13 Assassins' Trailer by MakingOf
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