13 Assassins

2010 · Directed by Takashi Miike · 120 min · drama film, samurai cinema, action film

★ 7.3/10 · 1,319 ratings on TMDB

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.