Cult director Takeshi Miike delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future. US Release: 3/25/2011 VOD, 4/29/2011 (NY/LA - check official site for other cities) www.13assassins.com

13 Assassins Thirteen Assassins Takashi Miike 十三人の刺客 Film Festival Venice Toronto SXSW

"13 - An unlucky number for one. From Asia's most controversial and popular director comes Miike's horror vision of a samurai tale. In the era of the Shogun, an evil young lord rapes and kills, assured of immunity by law. But he didn't count on the Thirteen Assassins. A feared secret force, each with their own deadly skill, the Assassins undertake a suicide mission to wipe out the Lord. As he embarks on a perilous journey, the Assassins close off his escape route and ambush him in a village of death. But little do they know, they are outnumbered four to one by the Lord's crack team of bodyguards. The streets will run red." -- Recorded Picture Company www.13assassins.jp www.recordedpicture.com 2010.09.25 Release in Japan

Thirteen Assassins 13 Assassins Takashi Miike 十三人の刺客 Film Festival Venice Toronto

US Release: 3/25/2011 VOD, 4/29/2011 (NY/LA - check official site for other cities) UK Release: 5/6/2011 Preview aired in Japan 2010.05.30 "13 - An unlucky number for one. From Asia's most controversial and popular director comes Miike's horror vision of a samurai tale. In the era of the Shogun, an evil young lord rapes and kills, assured of immunity by law. But he didn't count on the Thirteen Assassins. A feared secret force, each with their own deadly skill, the Assassins undertake a suicide mission to wipe out the Lord. As he embarks on a perilous journey, the Assassins close off his escape route and ambush him in a village of death. But little do they know, they are outnumbered four to one by the Lord's crack team of bodyguards. The streets will run red." -- Recorded Picture Company www.13assassins.com www.13assassins.jp www.recordedpicture.com 2010.09.25 Release in Japan

Thirteen Assassins 13 Assassins Takashi Miike 十三人の刺客 Film Festival Venice Toronto