Jûsan-nin no shikaku

In 1844, the peace of Feudal Japan is threatened by cruel Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, who is politically rising and getting closer to his half-brother, the shogun. After the harakiri of the Namiya clan leader, samurai Shinzaemon Shimada is summoned by the shogun's advisor Sir Doi of the Akash Clan to listen to the tragedy of Makino Uneme, whose son and daughter-in-law have been murdered by Naritsugu. Then Sir Doi shows a woman with arms, legs and tongue severed by Naritsugu and she writes with her forearm a request to Shinza to slaughter Naritsugu and his samurais. Shinza promises to kill Naritsugu and he gathers eleven other samurais and plots a plan to attack Naritsugu in his trip back to the Akash land. But the cunning samurai Hanbei Kitou that is responsible for the security of his master foresees Shinza's intent. Shinza decides to go with his samurais through the mountain, where they find the hunter Koyata that guides them off the mountain and joins the group. Now the thirteen men...

Genre(s) : Action,Adventure,Drama

Aka(s) :
(original title) - Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Argentina - 13 asesinos
Australia - 13 Assassins
Belgium - 13 Assassins
Brazil - 13 Assassinos
Canada - 13 Assassins(English, new title)

Canada - Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Canada - Jûsan-nin no shikaku
China - 十三刺客
Denmark - 13 Assassins
Estonia - 13 palgamõrtsukat
Finland - 13 Assassins
France - 13 Assassins
Germany - 13 Assassins
Greece - 13 dolofonoi
Hong Kong - 十三刺客
India - 13 Assassins
Israel - 13 Mitnakshim
Italy - 13 assassini
Japan - 13-nin no shikaku
Japan - 十三人の刺客
Lithuania - 13 žudikų
Mexico - 13 asesinos
Netherlands - 13 Assassins
Poland - 13 zabójców
Romania - 13 Asasini
Russia - 13 убийц
Serbia - Trinaest ubica
South Africa - 13 Assassins
Spain - 13 asesinos
Sweden - 13 Assassins
Taiwan - 十三人刺客：殊死血戰
Thailand - 13 Assassins
Turkey - Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Ukraine - 13 вбивць
United Arab Emirates - 13 Assassins
United Kingdom - 13 Assassins
United States - 13 Assassins
Venezuela - 13 asesinos
Vietnam - 13 Thích Khách
World-wide - 13 Assassins
World-wide - Thirteen Assassins

Actors :
Kôji Yakusho Shinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki Yamada Shinrokuro Shimada
Yûsuke Iseya Koyata Kiga
Ikki Sawamura Gunjiro Mitsuhashi
Arata Furuta Heizo Sahara
Sôsuke Takaoka Yasokichi Hioki
Seiji Rokkaku Mosuke Otake
Kazuki Namioka Rihei Ishizuka
Kôen Kondô Yahachi Horii
Yûma Ishigaki Gannai Higuchi
Masataka Kubota Shojiro Ogura
Tsuyoshi Ihara Kujuro Hirayama
Hiroki Matsukata Saheita Kuranaga
Kazue Fukiishi Tsuya /Upashi
Mitsuki Tanimura Chise Makino
Takumi Saitô Uneme Makino
Shinnosuke Abe Genshiro Deguchi
Shôzô Uesugi
Ayumu Saitô
Hajime Inoue
Atsushi Haruta
Yûya Takagawa
Hiroshi Tatsumi
Akemi Sakurai
Sakurako Moteki Amputated Woman
Megumi Kagurazaka Otake
Seiyô Uchino Zusho Mamiya (as Masaaki Uchino)
Ken Mitsuishi Judayu Asakawa
Ittoku Kishibe Tokubei Sanshuya, Village Elder
Mikijirô Hira Sir Doi
Kôshirô Matsumoto Yukie Makino
Gorô Inagaki Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Masachika Ichimura Hanbei Kito
Seizô Fukumoto Gambler
Takao Kataoka (as Nizaemon Kataoka)
Satoshi Nishikôri