13 Assassins: Takashi Miike’s viscerally violent remake is full-throttle samurai mayhem

The Japanese film-maker doesn’t hold back in his rendition of the 1963 film, with an epic battle that remains one of the most impressive action scenes in historyWithin the first 20 minutes of Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins, there is brutal murder, ritual suicide and political corruption, all taking place in Edo period…

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