In the era of the Shogun an evil young lord rapes and kills assured of immunity by law. But he didn't count on the Thirteen Assassins. A feared secret force each with their own deadly skill the Assassins undertake a suicide mission to wipe out the Lord. As he embarks on a perilous journey the Assassins close off his escape route and ambush him in a village of death. But little do they know they are outnumbered four to one by the Lord's team of bodyguards. Takashi Miike the director responsible for such uncompromising and unforgettable movies as Audition and Ichi The... Killer indelibly stamps his trademark style on the Samurai genre with the ultra-violent all-action blood-spattered epic 13 Assassins. [show more]
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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play. 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.
Takashi Miike directs this larger-than-life samurai adventure set in mid-19th century Japan. Koji Yakusho stars as respected samurai warrior Shinzaemon Shimada, who gathers together 13 skilled assassins to bring down the evil Lord Naritsugu (Goro Inagaki), a merciless killer who gets his kicks from brutally murdering women and children. The film ends with a 45-minute battle sequence in which the 13 assassins take on an army of 200 men, dispensing with them in a profusion of inventive and surprising ways.
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