Eiichi KUDO

Thirteen Assassins

十三人の刺客

Nippon Retro   ² 

Sadistic feudal lord Matsudaira rapes a woman and kills her husband. Due to his position as the younger brother to the shogun, the affair is hushed up. A government official considers the continuous misconduct a threat to the samurai class and secretly hires Shinzaemon to assassinate the lord. This opens a compelling, elaborately produced game of cat-and-mouse, which was remade in 2010 by Takashi MIIKE.

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Thirteen Assassins (NC 2018)

十三人の刺客
13 nin no shikaku

Japan 1963

125 minutes

Director
Eiichi KUDO

Script
Kaneo IKEGAMI

Cinematography
Jubei SUZUKI

Production
Toei

World sales
Toei

Cast
Chiezo KATAOKA, Kotaro SATOMI, Ryohei UCHIDA, Kantaro SUGA, Kanjuro ARASHI

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