The original version of Takashi Miike’s 2010 samurai film about a daimyo who rapes and murders, yet goes unpunished due to his political connections. In order to remove this stain from the Shogunate before the feudal lord seizes more control, a rogue samurai is given a suicide mission: he and 12 other brave swordsmen must assassinate the lecherous man before he gets to the throne in Edo. Filmed in stark black and white, Thirteen Assassins is a solid jidai geki that draws upon the classics of the genre. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Eiichi Kudo---Japan---1963---125 mins.

• E1
• Release Date: 06/05/2012
• Letterboxed