13 Assassins

13 Assassins

1990 ja 95 minutes

Rating: 7

Plot

In between the original 1963 13 ASSASSINS film and the 2010 remake by Miike Takashi, Fuji TV produced a version for TV. Starring Nakadai Tatsuya and Natsuyagi Isao, with strong support from Tanba Tetsuro and Tanaka Ken, this is the ultimate tale of samurai justice carried out in a historical masterpiece. The shogun’s half-brother, Matsudaira Naritsugu has been slated to join the Roju Council of Elders as a senior adviser even though he is criminally insane. His outrageous acts cause one of his top retainers to commit ritual suicide in protest over his lord’s crimes. Alerted to these crimes, Roju Councilor Doi asks Inspector General Shmada Shinzaemon to assassinate Naritsugu before he can be seated on the council. Gathering a band of 13 (including himself), Shimada sets out on a death-defying journey to cut down the lord before he can reach Edo. Can a band of 13 samurai defeat the vile Naritsugu’s 200 man entourage and enact justice against his cruelty?

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Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Ken Tanaka

Ken Tanaka

Hisako Manda

Hisako Manda

Ikko Furuya

Ikko Furuya

Masakane Yonekura

Masakane Yonekura

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Toru Masuoka

Toru Masuoka

Jiro Kawarazaki

Jiro Kawarazaki

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Junichi Hayakawa

Junichi Hayakawa

Keiji Yoshioka

Keiji Yoshioka

Masato Nagamori

Masato Nagamori

Norikatsu Nagano

Norikatsu Nagano

Yūji Hamada

Yūji Hamada

Hideki Hanaoka

Hideki Hanaoka

Ken Izumi

Ken Izumi

Takaya Kuroda

Takaya Kuroda

Akira Hamada

Akira Hamada

Mitsutaka Tachikawa

Mitsutaka Tachikawa

Katsuhiko Watabiki

Katsuhiko Watabiki

Tappei Shimokawa

Tappei Shimokawa

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