13 Assassins (1963 film)

November 2019 13 AssassinsJūsan-nin no shikaku 13 Assassins (1963 film).jpg Eiichi Kudo Kanji AmaoJun'ichirō Tamaki Kaneo Ikegami Takayuki Akutagawa ja 芥川隆行 Chiezō KataokaKōtarō Satomi Akira Ifukube Jūhei Suzuki Shintarō Miyamoto Toei Company Toei Company 1963 125 minutes Japan Japanese 13 Assassins Japanese: 十三人の刺客 romaji: Jūsan-nin no shikaku is a 1963 Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) film directed by Eiichi Kudo.https://www.cinra.net/news/20200401-13nin 十三人の刺客 リメイクドラマが8月放送 シネール 27 November 2020http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000009390.html 13 Assassins 一般社団法人日本映画製作者連盟 27 November 2020https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E5%88%BA%E5%AE%A2-688979 13 Assassins kotobank 27 November 2020 Plot In 1844, the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan is in a period of transition, and one of the high ranking lords, Lord Matsudaira, has become tainted by his dissolute and reprobate misconduct. Many leaders in the governing community of the current government feel that the code of honor, bushido, of the samurai is being disgraced by Matsudaira. His reprobate, egotistical, and feckless lifestyle is disgusting to those who come into close contact with him. After receiving reports, Sir Doi is convinced that Matsudaira represents a severe threat to the entire code of honor for the samurai tradition. Sir Doi decides, because of the severity of Matsudaira's misconduct, to take a blood oath to assassinate the reprobate Lord Matsudaira. He enlists a troop of assassins to swear a similar blood oath to do away with Matsudaira in order to restore his country's wellbeing and code of honor.https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=9589 13 Assassins JCDB 27 November 2020 Shinzaemon gathers a diverse group of warriors with the intent to trap and kill Matsudaira and his 200 bodyguards in the town of Ochiai. Using clever tactics, Shinzaemon successfully evens the odds against the overwhelming force and defeating the enemy lord and his rival, the leader of the bodyguards, Hanbei.Dorman Andrew https://www.google.com/books/edition/Paradoxical_Japaneseness/_hSRDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Matsudaira+Naritsugu&pg=PA180&printsec=frontcover Paradoxical Japaneseness: Cultural Representation in 21st Century Japanese Cinema 2016-11-22 Springer 978-1-137-55160-3 en Cast Takayuki Akutagawa ja 芥川隆行 as Narrator Chiezō Kataoka as Shinzaemon Shimada Kōtarō Satomi as Shinrokurō Shimada Ryōhei Uchida as Hanbei kitou Tetsurō Tanba as Doi Toshitsura Satomi Oka Yuriko Mishima ja 三島ゆり子 Junko Fuji as Kayo Chōichirō Kawarasaki ja 河原崎長一郎 Michitarō Mizushima ja 水島道太郎 Kunio Kaga ja 加賀邦男 Seishiro Sawamura Kusuo Abe ja 阿部九洲男 Shingo Yamashiro as Koyata Kiga Kōshirō Harada Shunji Kasuga ja 春日俊二 Ushio Akashi ja 明石潮 Eijirō Kataoka ja 片岡栄二郎 Ryūji Kita Ryōsuke Kagawa Kantarō Suga as Naritsugu Shun'ya Wazaki ja 和崎俊哉 Hiroshi Mizuno ja 水野浩 Michimaro Kotabe ja 小田部通麿 Tsukie Matsuura Noboru Aihara Masao Hori Kinnosuke Takamatsu Akira Shioji ja 汐路章 as Horii Masaharu Arikawa ja 有川正治 Mitsugu Fujii Ryōzō Tanaka Kandō Arashi Kunio Hikita Kyōnosuke Murai Masuo Kamiki Jun Harukawa Ren Takahashi Ryōnosuke Doi Masaru Fujiwara Isamu Dobashi Hiroshi Kasuga Kanjūrō Arashi as Saheita Kuranaga Kō Nishimura as Kujūrō Hirayama Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Makino Isao Natsuyagi (uncredited) Remakes 13 Assassins (2010 film) The film was remade in 2010 by Takashi Miike. The remake was met with critical acclaim. BFI, in an assessment of the top ten samurai films, compared the remake of the film to the original version stating: "Set in 1844, 13 Assassins follows the Seven Samurai template, featuring a band of samurais who come together to overthrow a despotic lord for the greater good of society. Miike’s version benefits from a far more generous budget, with a wonderful attention to period sets and costumes and some inventively choreographed fight scenes."'10 great samurai films' by Jasper Sharp , 18 May 2016. BFI Film Review. Between the original 1963 film and the 2010 remake, a 1990 production by Fuji TV aired as a television movie starring noted actor Tatsuya Nakadai in the lead role (Shimada Shinzaemon). References External links 0057212 13 Assassins Category:1963 films Category:Jidaigeki films Category:1960s historical action films Category:Films set in 1844 Category:Japanese historical action films Category:Films directed by Eiichi Kudo Category:1960s samurai films Category:Toei Company films Category:Films scored by Akira Ifukube Category:1963 martial arts films Category:1963 Japanese-language films Category:1963 Japanese films Category:Films about assassinations