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13 Assassins (2010)

Koji Yakusho , Takashi Miike  |  R |  DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Koji Yakusho
  • Directors: Takashi Miike
  • Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: Japanese
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: July 5, 2011
  • Run Time: 125 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B004XQO8MS
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,775 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • For more information about "13 Assassins" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Item Type: BLU-RAY DVD Movie
Item Rating: R
Street Date: 07/05/11
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: yes
Subtitlesyes
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.

 

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459 of 473 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 15 min cut..., May 29, 2011
This review is from: 13 Assassins [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Movie gets 5
But this DVD and Blue ray gets 0
Original edition running time 141 minutes
The international version running time 126 minutes
Why is the international version cut 15 minutes?
Please watching full length version
I bought full length version and it's really amazing!!
You will really exciting and enjoy too!!!

P.S
I'm japanese and I write this down review from japan
I'm so sorry my english is not so good
Anyway thank you for reading!!
arigatou!! (^_^)
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123 of 130 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Impressed Native Japanese, March 29, 2011
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Being native Japanese, I can be a little nit-picky about movies that are era-centric especially when it comes to feudal Japan. This movie did not insult my intelligence, was true to form with depicting the nature of Japan pre-Meiji era and gave me goosebumps with its intensity. This movie is both entertaining, intelligent and brings to life a culture (Samurai) that few today may be aware of. This is a true Samurai movie in form and delivery without being over the top. Thank you Amazon for making it available online. This is a definite must add to my movie collection.
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59 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic samurai action, May 2, 2011
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I caught this on HDnet movies last week and was thoroughly impressed with everything about it. Great action sequences, great acting and dialogue (although I don't know Japanese - going by the subtitles), and the cinematography is amazing. Japan is a beautiful country and you certainly see this in wondrous HD.

The build up to the final battle scene is a little slow and the gruesome scenes which setup the evil nature of the protaganist's target might be a little bit overly done (the target practice on the remaining Mamiya family in particular). I would have actually liked to see more character development with the original samurai and the couple of ronin but then the movie would have been over 3 hours long.

Visually a few CG elements look less than stellar (flaming cattle and horses falling from an exploding bridge), I am guessing this is probably more to do with the CG production than anything else.

Despite a few qualms I wouldn't take a star off because the final, extremely long battle scene is just incredibly awesome. I haven't seen the original B&W version from 1963 but I might have to try to find it, if its half as good.

Even now with the movie sitting on my DVR I am looking forward to picking up Takashi Miike's masterpiece on bluray as soon as it comes out.
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