13 Assassins
7.4
“A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.”
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.
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Part of Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy
3 films
Cast
44 people
Chiezo Kataoka
Shinzaemon Shimada
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Ryōhei Uchida
Hanbei Onigashira
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Doi Ōkō Toshi
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Summer Wars
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Yuriko Mishima
Chiyo Makino
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Kantarō Suga
Naritsugu
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
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Akira Shioji
Yahachi Horii
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The Street Fighter
The Yakuza
Kō Nishimura
Kujuro Hirayama
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Yojimbo
Intentions of Murder
Kanjūrō Arashi
Saheita Kuranaga
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Jigoku
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Makino Tsuyoshi
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Sanshiro Sugata
Eiichi Kudō Director · Kaneo Ikegami Screenplay Akira Ifukube Composer
First release December 7, 1963 · Produced in Japan · Original title 十三人の刺客
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
十三人の刺客
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 7, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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