十三人の刺客
十三人の刺客
“ Take up your sword. ”
CINEMA2010-09-25
DIGITAL2011-02-11
RegionJP
Runtime141 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Takashi Miike’s unrelenting 45-minute continuous town-siege battle pitting 13 loyal samurai against an army of 300.”
“Takashi Miike directs a grueling, blood-spattered 45-minute siege battle as thirteen samurai sacrifice everything to execute a sadistic lord.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Takashi Miike
KEYWORDS
suicidemissionjapanassassinsamuraiimmortalitykatanaswordsmanmassacrebattleseppukucode of honorroninkimonojidaigekiedo periodwarrior19th centuryharakiribakumatsu
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