Movie Kolrus - Battle of the Decades - The Conclusion

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13 Assassins 2010
Dir: Takashi Miike

Heard of it - No
Seen it - No

My Rating: 7.5  IMDB Rating: 7.5

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1436045/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0




Synopsis [Courtesy of IMDB]

A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.

Review

Well I never heard of this movie, though I think I have heard of the original though I never saw it either. Great movie, awesome pick. I don’t watch Japanese movies, that’s not to say I never watched any. They really don’t hold back when it comes to telling a story displaying it on screen. There were a few difficult to watch scenes here though I think they were needed to convey the emotion for the viewer. You really want the assassins to succeed and make the antagonist suffer. The final battle was epic, and must have lasted a quarter of the movie's runtime if not more. I did think at one point though that it was Commandoesque. So few against so many. Yeah this is a great movie, watch this one if you get a chance, great pick.

Trivia

The 13 assassins plan to attack Matsudaira Naritsugu while his journeying to Edo (the old name for Tokyo). In the Edo period the lords of Japan had to travel and stay in Edo. This was called Sankin-kotai, or official journey. The lords stayed to show their loyalty to the shogun and the system helped the shogun keep tabs on the lords.