13 Assassins
Cast and crew
| Director: | Takashi Miike | ||
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| Screenwriter: | Kaneo Ikegami, Daisuke Tengan | ||
| Cast: | Koji Yakusho Takayuki Yamada Yusuke Iseya Ikki Sawamura |
Time Out says
A samurai movie, yes---which you could probably tell from the title alone. But there are throwbacks and then there are glorious ones. A classically structured rampage (based on an obscure 1963 B pic by Eiichi Kudo) that bears serious comparison to the definitive greats of Akira Kurosawa, 13 Assassins will floor connoisseurs of action, mood and the dignity of a pissed-off scowl. Its initial pleasures are modest: Grumbling feudal-era machinations alternate with the amplified shhhhick of the hara-kiri blade into gut flesh. Young Lord Naritsugu (Inagaki) rapes his subjects at will, while a graying warrior's eyes shine with purpose after secretly being asked to take the monster out. "I shall accomplish your task magnificently," asserts Shinzaemon (Babel's Yakusho), alluding to the film's Hollywood Western counterpart, assembling his team of likable experts: a rascal who wants his payment up front, a wiry weasel who whips around bags of sand, etc. By now, your grin will be fully fixed, even if tempered by the tongueless screams of an armless, legless woman, one of Naritsugu's torn-up playthings.
By: Joshua Rothkopf
Release details
| Rated: | R |
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| Release date: | Friday April 29 2011 |
| Duration: | 126 mins |
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