The Thirteen Assassins
1963 · Movie · 125 min. · Japan
Receiving a confidential order from the Tokugawa Shogunate, 13 Samurai Warriors start plotting the assassination of Matsudaira Nariaki, chief of the Akashi clan who is extraordinarily cruel and lewd. The group has only 60 days to achieve their goal, to ambush the Akashi procession which is returning from Edo.
Direction Eiichi Kudo
Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Kô Nishimura · Ryohei Uchida · Isao Natsuyagi · Tetsurô Tanba · Shingo Yamashiro · Kanjuro Arashi · Masaharu Arikawa · Sumiko Fuji · Choichiro Kawarazaki · Yuriko Mishima · Michitaro Mizushima · Satomi Oka · Kotaro Satomi
Soundtrack Akira Ifukube
Screenplay Kaneo Ikegami
Cinematography Jubei Suzuki
Original title Jûsan-nin no shikaku (The Thirteen Assassins)
6.5
110 votes (FilmAffinity)
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