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      13 Assassins

      R Released Apr 29, 2011 2h 6m Action Adventure History Drama List
      95% Tomatometer 131 Reviews 88% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings In this remake of a 1963 film based on historical events, Shinzaemon Shimada leads a team of assassins in 19th-century Japan to eliminate the ruthless Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, who is wreaking havoc against his own people. Hired secretly by a government official hoping to end Matsudaira's reign of terror, Shimada recruits the best samurai in Japan and then sets a trap for the lord's large contingent of faithful bodyguards. Read More Read Less

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      Takashi Miike's electric remake of Eiichi Kudo's 1963 period action film is a wild spectacle executed with killer, dizzying panache.

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      Tom Mes Film Comment Magazine Culminates in a riveting, ingeniously plotted, and inventively shot 45-minute battle scene. Nov 7, 2013 Full Review Jim Schembri The Age (Australia) The excessive mind of Japanese director Takashi Miike (Audition; Ichi the Killer) throttles back the gore to deliver a disciplined, refreshingly grounded samurai action film. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 14, 2011 Full Review Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 13 Assassins looks at honour from many angles, without becoming simplistic. Ichii hasn't lost his edge after all. Rated: 4/5 Sep 9, 2011 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Miike has delivered one of his very best films. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 7, 2023 Full Review Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants "13 Assassins could end up being Miike's masterpiece. It's that good." Jul 2, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins It's clear that the exhilarating 50-minute climax battle is both the director's forte and his primary passion. Rated: 7/10 Nov 30, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Aaron K Wow, one of the best fight scenes I've ever seen. Love everything Miike did for this one – avoided using CGI in favor of practical effects with all 13 actors inexperienced in sword fighting... somehow making it surprisingly realistic. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/09/24 Full Review TheSane O Too long build-up. Strange dialogs. Good fight. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/24 Full Review Bob H Took me a little while to get my bearings with this samurai epic but it built up the action and tension nicely and concluded with some of the most sustained and intense fight scenes I've ever seen in a movie. Keen to now check out some of the director's other films. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/29/23 Full Review S. C Well written characters, authentic performances and perfectly violent fighting on nicely crafted sets while everything's captured by some great cinematography. The deleted scenes should have stayed in for more closure on a particular character. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/07/23 Full Review Georgan G I saw the original & liked it a lot. This version is even better, in fact, amazing. The sadistic scenes were much more gruesome, making the bad guy very evil. Watching 13 fight 200 was a bloody, glorious mess. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/26/23 Full Review Alain M one heck of a movie and story driven by the most amount of emotion I ever witnessed on the screen Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      (L-R) Mikijiro Hira as Sir Doi and Koji Yakusho as Shinzaemon Shimada in "13 Assassins." (L-R) Masachika Ichimura as Hanbei Kitou and Koji Yakusho as Shinzaemon Shimada in "13 Assassins." A scene from "13 Assassins." (L-R) Masachika Ichimura as Hanbei Kitou and Koji Yakusho as Shinzaemon Shimada in "13 Assassins." (L-R) Yusuke Iseya as Koyata and Takayuki Yamada as Shinrouko in "13 Assassins." A scene from "13 Assassins." A scene from "13 Assassins." View more photos

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      Synopsis In this remake of a 1963 film based on historical events, Shinzaemon Shimada leads a team of assassins in 19th-century Japan to eliminate the ruthless Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, who is wreaking havoc against his own people. Hired secretly by a government official hoping to end Matsudaira's reign of terror, Shimada recruits the best samurai in Japan and then sets a trap for the lord's large contingent of faithful bodyguards.
      Director
      Takashi Miike
      Producer
      Toshiaki Nakazawa, Jeremy Thomas, Takashi Hirajô
      Screenwriter
      Daisuke Tengan
      Distributor
      Magnet Releasing
      Production Co
      TV Asahi, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Dentsu, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Toho Company Ltd.
      Rating
      R (Some Disturbing Images|Sequences of Bloody Violence|Brief Nudity)
      Genre
      Action, Adventure, History, Drama
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 29, 2011, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 7, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $802.5K
      Runtime
      2h 6m
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