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13 Assassins

13 Assassins

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 9, 2010

Runtime

2h 21m

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Action

User Score

73%

Original Title

十三人の刺客

Production Companies

TOHO, Sedic International, Toei Studios Kyoto, OLM, TV Asahi Music, IMAGICA, TV Asahi, dentsu, Shogakukan, The Asahi Shimbun, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, Television Hokkaido Broadcasting, Yahoo! Japan, TSUTAYA Group, Hiroshima Home Television, Sedic Deux, Raku Film, Recorded Picture Company, HanWay Films

Director

Takashi Miike

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$17,555,141

Description

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.