13 Assassins (2010)

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.
Rating: 7.3
Genres Action, Drama, Historical
Original language: ja
Stars
Koji Yakusho as Shinzaemon
Goro Inagaki as Naritsugu
Takayuki Yamada as Kiga
Yûsuke Iseya as Mitsushige
Kazue Fukiishi as Kawaguchi
Creators
Takashi Miike (Director)
Jeremy Thomas (Producer)
Daisuke Tengan (Writer)
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