# Les 13 tueurs (1963)

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**Original title**: *十三人の刺客*
**Runtime**: 125 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Drama, Action
**Directed by**: Eiichi Kudō
**Written by**: Kaneo Ikegami
**Starring**: Chiezo Kataoka, Kōtarō Satomi, Ryōhei Uchida, Tetsuro Tamba, Satomi Oka, Sumiko Fuji

> *A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You assemble a death squad for a single afternoon’s work in a mountain village. The client’s bargain is simple: survive the day or die trying. And then the rules change on you just as the first blade leaves its sheath.

The director leans on the widescreen frame to let the blood pools grow dark unhurriedly.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, epic, slow-burn

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