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13 Assassins (Japanese: 十三人の刺客, romaji: Jūsan-nin no shikaku) is a 1963 Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) film directed by Eiichi Kudo.
13 Assassins: Directed by Eiichi Kudô. With Takayuki Akutagawa, Chiezô Kataoka, Kôtarô Satomi, Ryôhei Uchida. A group of samurai plan to assassinate a sadistic feudal lord.
- (1.1K)
- Adventure, Action
- Eiichi Kudô
- 1963-12-07
Assassins band together to kill a murderer and rapist. Content collapsed. 3 & 1/4 stars. One of the classic Samurai films. This has to do with an evil ruler who is disgracing the country so has...
- (5)
- Eiichi Kudo
- Adventure, Action
Synopsis. 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.
- (753)
- Toei Company, Animeigo, Toei Studios Kyoto
- Eiichi Kudo
Overview. 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.
Japan, 1844. Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, the Shogun's illegitimate brother, is rising to power - but when his tyranny runs rampant, secret plans are laid to end his reign and his life.
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Cult director Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) delivers 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 wartorn future.
