13 Assassins (2011)

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Synopsis
Cult director Takeshi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) delivers 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 wartorn future.
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Length: 126 min
MPAA Rating: [ R ]
Distributor: Magnet Releasing, Magnolia Pictures
Release Date:  April 29, 2011
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya Koyata, Goro Inagaki, Masachika Ichimura, Mikijiro Hira
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Produced by: Minami Ichikawa, Toichiro Shiraishi, Michihiko Yanagisawa
Written by: Kaneo Ikegami, Daisuke Tengan
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