A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
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Chiezō Kataoka as Shinzaemon Shimada
Kōtarō Satomi as Shinrokuro Shimada
Ryōhei Uchida as Hanbei Onigashira
Tetsuro Tamba as Doi Ōkō Toshi
Satomi Oka as Koen
Sumiko Fuji as Kayo
Yuriko Mishima as Chiyo Makino
Kantarō Suga as Naritsugu
Akira Shioji as Yahachi Horii
Kō Nishimura as Kujuro Hirayama
Kanjūrō Arashi as Saheita Kuranaga
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Makino Tsuyoshi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Makino Yoshio
Michitarō Mizushima as Sawara Heizo
Kunio Kaga as Higuchi Gennai
Seishiro Sawamura as Shojiro Ogura
Kusuo Abe as Gunjiro Mitsuhashi
Shingo Yamashiro as Koyata Kiga
Kōshirō Harada as
Shunji Kasuga as
Ushio Akashi as Yorimo Koizumi
Eijirō Kataoka as Shigeru Otake
Ryōsuke Kagawa as
Shunya Wazaki as Rihei Ishizuka
Hiroshi Mizuno as
Michimaro Otabe as Senda
Tsukie Matsuura as
Noboru Aihara as
Masao Hori as Tanaka Ohno
Kinnosuke Takamatsu as
Masaharu Arikawa as
Mitsugu Fujii as
Ryōzō Tanaka as
Kandō Arashi as
Kunio Hikita as
Kyōnosuke Murai as
Masuo Kamiki as
Jun Harukawa as
Ren Takahashi as
Ryônosuke Doi as
Masaru Fujiwara as
Isamu Dobashi as
Hiroshi Kasuga as
Ryuji Kita as
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