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13 Assassins ( Jūsan-nin no shikaku ) (2011) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
509 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.06/4 |
# of Ratings: |
87 |
Genres: |
Action |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
Japanese |
Theater Date: | 04/29/2011 |
DVD Release: |
07/05/2011 |
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Director: |
Takashi Miike |
Actors: |
Kōji Yakusho
Takayuki Yamada
Yūsuke Iseya
Gorō Inagaki
Masachika Ichimura
Mikijiro Hira |
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Plot Outline:
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After an evil warlord threatens to throw Japan back into a feudal warring state, a group of assassins comes together and plot a suicide mission in order to stop him. -- Chris Kavan
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mitchellyoung 01/16/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
Miike abandons his grotesque pedigree to bring a straightforward story of courage and honor. The acting is minimalistic, but effective. The action and set pieces are, of course, where the film succeeds most, and the forty minute long concluding battle sequence is brutal and impressive. Doesn't have the same gravity of Kurosawa, but still strong. |
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dukeakasmudge 01/07/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
I normally don't get into historical samurai flicks but 13 Assassins had enough action, drama & the story was interesting enough to keep my attention.I enjoyed it all the way through.I think this is the 1st samurai flick where I didn't get bored & turn it off before it was over |
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Chris Kavan 08/21/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
All of the Takashi Miike films I've seen are of the strange and wondrous variety - 13 Assassins is a straight-up Samurai film (in the vein of Seven Samurai) that, while it doesn't shy away from violence, focuses more on character and story. Loyalty, honor, respect - it's all here, along with one of the best battle scenes in recent memory. |
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Bribaba 05/22/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
A rare foray into the mainstream for Takashi Miike and a remake at that. But there's no loss of artistic integrity as the early part of the film examines the historical Japanese sense of loyalty and obedience, which would eventually produce 'salaryman'. Later, the final battle is something to behold. Miike has said he was 'honoured' to work in a genre with such a great tradition, and you can feel the reverence as memories of Kurosawa are stirred. One of the films of the year (2011) for me.
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02/20/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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13 Assassins |
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Legendary cult director Takashi Miike ("Ichi the Killer," "Audition") delivers a bravado action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic, murderous lord to prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future. The 13 assassins track the lord down and lure him into a small town that they have transformed into a city of death, there to battle his 200-man string army in one of the longest -- and most elaborate -- battles ever committed to celluloid. Miike -- generally known for gore and extreme violence -- here tones things down in a mainstream, old-fashioned samurai film that would make Akira Kurosawa proud. Yes, there is bloodshed (particularly at the beginning, when Miike sets up the per... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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10/10/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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13 Assassins review |
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The 13 assassins are SHIMADA Shinzaemon (Kōji Yakusho) is the leader of the group. A war weary, and former Shogun's Samurai, KURANAGA Saheita (Hiroki Matsukata) a veteran samurai, SHIMADA Shinrokurō (Takayuki Yamada) the nephew of Shinzaemon. ISHIZUKA Rihei (Kazuki Namioka) a skilled samurai, HIRAYAMA Kujūrō (Tsuyoshi Ihara) was trained by Shinzaemon. MITSUHASHI Gunjirō (Ikki Sawamura) came from Kuranaga's dojo, ŌTAKE Mosuke (Seiji Rokkaku) a chubby samurai, HIOKI Yasokichi (Sōsuke Takaoka) from Kuranaga's dojo, HIGUCHI Gennai (Yūma Ishigaki) Horii's demolition partner, HORII Yahachi (Kōen Kondō) skilled with explosives, SAHARA Heizō (Arata Furuta) familiar with the spear, OGURA Shōujirō (Masataka Kubota) the youngest samu... |
Rating of
3/4 |
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