Anschauen

13 Assassins

2010

Takashi Miike

★★★

125

Rousing samurai film (a remake of a 1963 movie), focuses on a group of warriors brought together in 1840s Japan to assassinate the Shogun's bloodthirsty and sadistic illegitimate brother. Prolific cult director Miike, better known for his over-the-top shockers, plays it fairly straight here, albeit with lots of spraying blood and graphically severed body parts during the bravura battle scenes. Japanese version runs 141m.

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[R]

Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Gorô Inagaki, Ikki Sawamura, Arata Furuta

Japanese-British

Drama, Action, Adventure

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