Trailer - 13 Assassins (Jūsan-nin no Shikaku)

Earlier today, the official website for Takashi Miike’s upcoming remake of 13 Assassins was updated with a new 90-second trailer.

The film’s ensemble cast is led by Koji Yakusho as Shimada Shinzaemon, a samurai who gathers together a team of 13 skilled assassins to kill the younger brother of the Shogun, Matsudaira Naritsugi (Goro Inagaki). Naritsugi is innately cruel, and uses the power of the shogunate to commit mass atrocities against his own people. The assassins attempt to ambush Naritsugi as he makes his annual journey from Edo to his own domain. Unfortunately, he’s under the protection of a skilled military tactician named Kito Hanabee (Masachika Ichimura), and the assassins find themselves outnumbered four to one. Hanabee is a former colleague of Shinzaemon, and although he personally detests Naritsugi’s actions, his dedication to the samurai code of honor dictates that he must protect him at all costs.

“13 Assassins” will premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 9, 2010 and will be released by Toho in Japan on September 25, 2010.