13 Assassins
Sep 09 2010
•2h 21m
•Adventure, Drama, Action
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 war-torn future.
Cast
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Koji Yakusho
Shinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki Yamada
Shinrokuro Shimada
Yûsuke Iseya
Koyata
Goro Inagaki
Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
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