13 Assassins R
Take up your sword.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 5, 2011
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Magnolia Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Ikki Sawamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Kôji Yakusho, Mikijirô Hira, Tsuyosi Ihara, Kazue Fukiishi, Masaaki Uchino & Hiroki Matsukata | |
Directed by | Takashi Miike | |
Screenwriting by | Daisuke Tengan | |
Composition by | Kôji Endô | |
Story by | Shoichiro Ikemiya | |
Director of Photography: | Nobuyasu Kita |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/5 --
You've seen this film before, many times.
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Washington Examiner
13 ASSASSINS culminates in a riveting, ingeniously plotted, and inventively shot 45-minute battle scene that few contemporary Japanese directors besides Miike could pull off, either logistically or artistically
Film Comment
A stirring, unexpectedly moving story of love and blood....13 ASSASSINS is at once a tale of revenge and liberation...
New York Times
3 star out of 5 -- [T]he climactic 45-minute free-for-all is genuinely spectacular...
Total Film
Rating: 3.5/5 --
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.
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The Age (Australia)
This slam-bang remake of a 1963 feature by Eichi Kudo builds slowly, accumulating characters and themes, then explodes into a prolonged and masterful battle sequence inside a deserted town.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: A- --
Though 13 Assassins' setup could stand some tightening, it's all necessary prelude to a spectacular, action-packed final hour where all hell breaks loose and the streets and rooftops flow with blood.
AV Club
Product Description:
Based on actual events that served as the inspiration for the 1963 film of the same name, Takashi Miike's 13 ASSASSINS follows a group of noble samurai as they seek to slay a tyrannical, politically connected lord before he seizes control of the entire country. Japan, 1844: as the era of the samurai winds to a close, a sadistic young lord uses his powerful political ties to commit heinous atrocities against the common people. Recognizing the dangers to both his country and its citizens should the lord manage to gain any more power, a concerned government official secretly recruits 13 of the most skilled swordsmen he can find to defeat the evil lord once and for all. But reaching their target won't be easy, because the elusive lord is constantly flanked by legions of fearless bodyguards. Realizing that the bodyguards would decimate his modest task force in a traditional battle, the assassins' leader (Koji Yakusho) lays an ingenious trap that will give his men the upper hand, and waits patiently for their prey to take the bait.
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- Sales Rank: 49,003
- UPC: 876964003933
- Shipping Weight: 0.16/lbs (approx)
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