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13 Assassins (1963 film)

13 Assassins
Jūsan-nin no shikaku
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Directed by Eiichi Kudo
Produced by Kanji Amao
Jun'ichirō Tamaki
Screenplay by Kaneo Ikegami
Starring Takayuki Akutagawa
Chiezō Kataoka
Kōtarō Satomi
Music by Akira Ifukube
Cinematography Jūhei Suzuki
Edited by Shintarō Miyamoto
Production
company
Distributed by Toei Company
Release date
1963
Running time
125 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

13 Assassins (Japanese: 十三人の刺客, romaji: Jūsan-nin no shikaku?) is a 1963 Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) film directed by Eiichi Kudo.

13 samurai plan to assassinate a sadistic feudal lord.

The film was remade in 2010 by Takashi Miike. The remake was met with critical acclaim.


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