Release Date

September, 25th, 2010

Running Time

141 min

Genre

Action/Adventure , Drama , Historical , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm

Screen Size

Cinema Scope (1:2.35)

Sound Processing

Dolby Digital

[ Directed by ]

• MIIKE Takashi

[ Produced by ]

• NAKAZAWA Toshiaki
• Jeremy THOMAS
• HIRAJO Takashi

[ Cast ]

• YAKUSHO Koji ── SHIMADA Shinzaemon
• YAMADA Takayuki ── SHIMADA Shinrokuro
• ICHIMURA Masachika ── KITO Hanbei

[ Staff ]

• IKEMIYA Shoichiro ── Original Story
• TENGAN Daisuke ── Screenplay
• ENDO Koji ── Music
• KITA Nobuyasu ── Cinematography
• HAYASHIDA Yuji ── Production Design

[ Production Company ]

"Thirteen Assassins"Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOHO

[ Story ]

A modern remake of Kudo Eiichi's 1963 period movie of the same title. In his trademark over-the-top-style, Miike Takashi delivers relentless violence, as the thirteen samurai take on an army of 300 in the last battle scene which runs for a whopping fifty minutes. The film was selected in competition at the Venice International Film Festival. Shimada Shinzaemon (Yakusho Koji) receives orders to assassinate a tyrant lord, so he summons assassin samurai to plan an ambush attack. But the famous swordsman Kito Hanbei (Ichimura Masachika), the tyrant's right-hand man, soon hears of the plan...

[ Official Site ]

http://13assassins.jp/

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

Venice International Film Festival 2010 Official Selection

[ Contact (International) ]

TOHO CO., LTD.
International Business Department （Asia）
1-2-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8415
Rep: SHIMATANI Yoshishige
tel: +81 3 3591 3530
fax: +81 3 3591 6610
E-mail: tohointl@toho.co.jp
http://www.toho.co.jp

SEDIC INTERNATIONAL INC. （outside of Asia）
7-13-28 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062
Rep: Chief Executive Officer NAKAZAWA Toshiaki
tel: +81 3 5766 8929
fax: +81 3 5766 8939
E-mail: info@sedic.co.jp
http://www.sedic.co.jp