13 Assassins

The story

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.

In the same saga

Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy

In release order

This film

13 Assassins

1963

The Great Killing

1964

Eleven Samurai

1967

Cast

C Chiezo KataokaShinzaemon Shimada K Kōtarō SatomiShinrokuro Shimada R Ryōhei UchidaHanbei Onigashira T Tetsuro TambaDoi Ōkō Toshi S Satomi OkaKoen S Sumiko FujiKayo Y Yuriko MishimaChiyo Makino K Kantarō SugaNaritsugu A Akira ShiojiYahachi Horii K Kō NishimuraKujuro Hirayama K Kanjūrō ArashiSaheita Kuranaga R Ryūnosuke TsukigataMakino Tsuyoshi

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C Chōichirō KawarasakiMakino Yoshio M Michitarō MizushimaSawara Heizo K Kunio KagaHiguchi Gennai S Seishiro SawamuraShojiro Ogura K Kusuo AbeGunjiro Mitsuhashi S Shingo YamashiroKoyata Kiga K Kōshirō Harada S Shunji Kasuga U Ushio AkashiYorimo Koizumi E Eijirō KataokaShigeru Otake R Ryōsuke Kagawa S Shunya WazakiRihei Ishizuka H Hiroshi Mizuno M Michimaro OtabeSenda T Tsukie Matsuura N Noboru Aihara M Masao HoriTanaka Ohno K Kinnosuke Takamatsu M Masaharu Arikawa M Mitsugu Fujii R Ryōzō Tanaka K Kandō Arashi K Kunio Hikita K Kyōnosuke Murai M Masuo Kamiki J Jun Harukawa R Ren Takahashi R Ryônosuke Doi M Masaru Fujiwara I Isamu Dobashi H Hiroshi Kasuga R Ryuji Kita