13 Assassins (1963)

Original title

十三人の刺客

Directed by

Eiichi Kudo

Genre

samurai cinema, historical film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 05m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A group of samurai are secretly recruited to assassinate a cruel and powerful lord. They plan an ambush and face his army in a final battle.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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