Rent 13 Assassins (1963)
3.8 of 5 from 45 ratings
2h 5min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
In 1844, during the twilight of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the fiendish and immoral Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira (Kantaro Suga) flouts any sense of decency, openly insulting his fellow lords, culminating in his murder of a samurai's son after having raped his wife. Aware that Mastudaira's proximity to the Shogun protects him from any accountability, Lord Doi (Tetsuro Tanba) decides that justice must be done. Hetasks his dutiful samurai Shinzaemon (Chiezo Kataoka) to gather his most trusted warriors to assassinate Matsudaira. But Shinzaemon and his men must reckon with the magnitude of their mission: breaking their oath to the Shogun means not only certain death, but would shake the very foundations of Japanese society. - Actors:
- Chiezô Kataoka, Kôtarô Satomi, Ryôhei Uchida, Tetsurô Tanba, Satomi Oka, Yuriko Mishima, Sumiko Fuji, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Michitarô Mizushima, Kunio Kaga, Seishiro Sawamura, Kusuo Abe, Shingo Yamashiro, Kôshirô Harada, Shunji Kasuga, Ushio Akashi, Eijirô Kataoka, Ryûji Kita, Ryôsuke Kagawa, Kantarô Suga
- Directors:
- Eiichi Kudô
- Producers:
- Kanji Amao, Jun'ichirô Tamaki
- Narrated By:
- Takayuki Akutagawa
- Writers:
- Kaneo Ikegami
- Aka:
- The Thirteen Assassins / Jûsannin no shikaku
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/03/2026
- Run Time:
- 125 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
- The Samurai Variations, a brand new video essay by music supervisor and Japanese cinema expert James Balmont on legendary composer Akira Ifukube's score for the film
- Samurai Guerilla Part 1, an archival interview where Eiichi Kudo's former assistant director Misao Arai and filmmaker Dirty Kudo discuss Eiichi Kudo and Toei's role in the Japanese film landscape of the 1960s
- Theatrical trailers
