Posted by Kevin Ouellette at 2:04pm on Friday, June 11, 2010
Filed under: Chambara, Jidaigeki, Future releases, Trailer Updates
Earlier today, a new 34-second teaser trailer was added to the official website for Takashi Miike‘s upcoming remake of Thirteen Assassins.
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.
Toho will be releasing “Thirteen Assassins” in Japan on September 25, 2010.
via cinemaasia
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This is my most highly anticipate film of the year! Sucks that I probably don’t have any chance of seeing it untill next year at the earliest.