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==Movie Information==
 
==Movie Information==
'''Jusan-Nin no Shikaku'''
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[[Image: 13assassins.jpg|right|thumb|'''13 Assassins''' movie poster]]
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Japanese Title: '''Jusan-Nin no Shikaku'''
 
* Japan, 1963  
 
* Japan, 1963  
 
* Language: Japanese
 
* Language: Japanese
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===Plot===
 
===Plot===
Receiving a confidential order from a senior executive of the Tokugawa
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Receiving a confidential order from a senior executive of the Tokugawa shogunate, 13 samurai warriors set about plotting to assassinate Matsudaira Nariaki, chief of the Akashi feudal clan who is extraordinarily cruel and lewd. The group has 60 days to achieve the goal by ambushing the Akashi procession returning from Edo after a one-year attendance. How can the 13 assassins, who are given only one chance and not allowed to fail, engage the 53-person procession and kill Nariaki? The assassins thrilling plan and actions reach the climax in a war of slaughter depicted with breathtaking, heroic reality.
shogunate, 13 samurai warriors set about plotting to assassinate Matsudaira
 
Nariaki, chief of the Akashi feudal clan who is extraordinarily cruel and lewd. The
 
group has 60 days to achieve the goal by ambushing the Akashi procession
 
returning from Edo after a one-year attendance. How can the 13 assassins, who
 
are given only one chance and not allowed to fail, engage the 53-person
 
procession and kill Nariaki? The assassins thrilling plan and actions reach the
 
climax in a war of slaughter depicted with breathtaking, heroic reality.
 
  
 
===Cast===
 
===Cast===
Chiezo Kataoka, Kotaro Satomi, Kanjuro Arashi, Junko Fuji, Tetsuro Tanba  
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* Chiezo Kataoka
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* Kotaro Satomi
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* Kanjuro Arashi
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* Junko Fuji
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* Tetsuro Tanba
  
 
===Crew===
 
===Crew===
Directed by: Eiichi Kudo
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Director: Eiichi Kudo
  
==Where to Buy==
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==Purchase Links==
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* [http://www.kurotokagi.com Digitally Remastered Version with Engish Subtitles] ''(Plot, photo, and actors/director information used with Permission from Kurotokagi.com)''
  
[http://www.kurotokagi.com Digitally Remastered Version with Engish Subtitles] ''(Plot, photo, and actors/director iformation used with Permission)''
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[[Category:Movies|Thirteen Assassins]]
 
 
[[Category:Movies]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:25, 15 November 2007

Movie Information

13 Assassins movie poster

Japanese Title: Jusan-Nin no Shikaku

  • Japan, 1963
  • Language: Japanese
  • B/W

Plot

Receiving a confidential order from a senior executive of the Tokugawa shogunate, 13 samurai warriors set about plotting to assassinate Matsudaira Nariaki, chief of the Akashi feudal clan who is extraordinarily cruel and lewd. The group has 60 days to achieve the goal by ambushing the Akashi procession returning from Edo after a one-year attendance. How can the 13 assassins, who are given only one chance and not allowed to fail, engage the 53-person procession and kill Nariaki? The assassins thrilling plan and actions reach the climax in a war of slaughter depicted with breathtaking, heroic reality.

Cast

  • Chiezo Kataoka
  • Kotaro Satomi
  • Kanjuro Arashi
  • Junko Fuji
  • Tetsuro Tanba

Crew

Director: Eiichi Kudo

Purchase Links