13 Assassins [Blu-ray]

Author: Koji YakushoEdition: Blu-rayFormat: NTSCRelease Date: 13-09-2011Details: Product Description. Cult director Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) delivers 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. Amazon.ca. It stands to reason that there must be something pretty dastardly about the target of the assassination plot that makes up Takashi Miike's. 13 Assassins; after all, an enormous amount of energy and planning goes into this effort. And hoo boy, have we got a dastardly villain for you: Japanese feudal lord Naritsugu (Goro Inagaki), the demented half-brother of the emperor. His taste for perversity results in a few early scenes that will test the gag reflex of unprepared viewers (and let fans of Miike know that the director of. Audition still has his gonzo streak, even if the r