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13 Assassins 2010 Directed by Takashi Miike 十三人の刺客

Take up your sword.

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

Cast
Koji Yakusho Shinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki Yamada Shinrokuro Shimada
Goro Inagaki Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Kazue Fukiishi Tsuya / Upashi
Tsuyoshi Ihara Kuzuro Hirayama
Ikki Sawamura Gunziro Mitsuhasi
Arata Furuta Heizo Sahara
Sousuke Takaoka Yasoyosi Hioki
Rokkaku Seiji Mosuke Otake
Kazuki Namioka Rihei Ishizuka
Koen Kondo Yahachi Horii
Yuma Ishigaki Gennai Higuchi
Masataka Kubota Shoziro Ogura
Masachika Ichimura Hanbei Onigashira
Matsumoto Hakuō II Yukie Makino
Seiyo Uchino Zusho Mamiya
Ken Mitsuishi Zoudayu Asakawa
Ittoku Kishibe Yatokube Sanshu
Mikijiro Hira Lord Doi
Mitsuki Tanimura Chiyo Makino
Takumi Saitoh Uneme Makino
Shinnosuke Abe Minamotosiro Ideguchi