Takashi Miike remaking “Thirteen Assassins”
Posted by Kevin Ouellette on May 11, 2009 10:51pm EDT (3 years ago)
Filed under: Chambara, Jidaigeki, Future releases, Movie announcements
Takashi Miike is set to remake Eiichi Kudo's 1963 samurai film Thirteen Assassins (Jūsan-nin no Shikaku) for Toho and London-based HanWay Films. HanWay will be introducing buyers to the project at this year's Cannes Film Festival, while Toho will handle domestic theatrical distribution. The story involves thirteen assassins who embark on a suicide mission to kill an evil young Lord.
Miike will begin shooting the film in Japan this July, and it will be produced by Toshiaki Nakazawa of Sedic International and Jeremy Thomas of Recorded Picture Company. Nakazawa has a long history with Miike, working with him on both Young Thugs movies, The Bird People in China, Andromedia, Yakuza Demon, and Sukiyaki Western Django.
Here's the trailer for the 1963 version, originally uploaded by Wildgrounds:
Source: Screen Daily
- arata furuta
- eiichi kudo
- goro inagaki
- hiroki matsukata
- ikki sawamura
- ittoku kishibe
- kazue fukiishi
- kazuki namioka
- ken mitsuishi
- koen kondo
- koji yakusho
- koshiro matsumoto
- masaaki uchino
- masachika ichimura
- masataka kubota
- mikijiro hira
- mitsuki tanimura
- samurai
- seiji rokkaku
- shinnosuke abe
- sosuke takaoka
- takashi miike
- takayuki yamada
- takumi saitoh
- thirteen assassins 2010
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