I had the opportunity over the long weekend to watch this movie that I had for a while now. 13 Assassins is a Japanese samurai movie based on real events that took place in 1830. It tells the story of a government official who attempted to assassinate a Shogun's son before he takes office. A vicious and sadistic man, Matsudaira Naritsugu is set to take a high ranking position after he makes his annual pilgrimage home. The first half of the movie showed how the sadistic nature of Naritsugu as he kills and mutilates on a whim. The task to kill him fell on an old samurai named Shinzaemon.
At over two hours long, I thought that initially the movie was very slow to begin with. Things quickly picked up when Shinzaemon began to recruit members to help him with his task. The movie became epic after the halfway mark and is followed by non-stop samurai action all the way until the end as the 13 would be assassins attempt to take down Naritsugu and his 200 followers.
Give it a watch. I highly recommend it.
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