13 Assassins
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1963 |
| Country | Japan |
| Director | Eiichi Kudo |
| Cast | Chiezo Kataoka, Kotaro Satomi, Ryohei Uchida, Tetsuro Tanba, Kanjuro Arashi |
| Genre | Jidaigeki, samurai drama, action drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | 13 Assassins | – |
| Español | 13 asesinos | Trece asesinos |
| Français | 13 Assassins | – |
| Deutsch | 13 Assassins | – |
| Português | 13 Assassinos | Treze Assassinos |
| Italiano | 13 assassini | Tredici assassini |
| Русский | 13 убийц | Trinadtsat ubiyts |
| 中文（简体） | 十三刺客 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 十三刺客 | – |
| 한국어 | 13인의 자객 | Sipsam-in-ui Jagaek |
| ไทย | 13 Assassins | – |
| Tiếng Việt | 13 sát thủ | Muoi ba sat thu |
| Bahasa Indonesia | 13 Assassins | – |
| 日本語 | 十三人の刺客 | Juusan-nin no Shikaku |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which lawful duty and moral assassination collide within a feudal order that can no longer restrain tyranny.
■ Synopsis
A group of samurai are secretly assembled to assassinate a cruel lord whose protected status makes legal justice impossible.
■ RECIPE Tags
#DutyAgainstTyranny #MoralAssassination #FeudalCollapse #CollectiveSacrifice #JusticeBeyondLaw
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Law failing before protected evil
Reason: The target’s rank shields cruelty from ordinary punishment, forcing justice outside official procedure.
Related Film: Harakiri - Middle: Collective death as political correction
Reason: The assassins accept near-certain death because the social order cannot survive if tyranny becomes untouchable.
Related Film: Seven Samurai - Core: Honor against institutional paralysis
Reason: The central conflict is not revenge, but whether duty still has meaning when authority protects corruption.
Related Film: Samurai Rebellion
■ Secondary Axes
- Secret mission against illegitimate power: Justice survives only through hidden action when public authority is compromised.
Related Film: The Manchurian Candidate - Violence as last moral instrument: Assassination becomes a forbidden tool used to prevent greater political ruin.
Related Film: Valkyrie
■ Person
- Director: Eiichi Kudo
- Cast: Chiezo Kataoka, Kotaro Satomi, Ryohei Uchida, Tetsuro Tanba, Kanjuro Arashi
■ Structural Tags
#CompromisedAuthority #CollectiveMission #ExtraLegalJustice
■ Attribute Tags
#1963Film #JapaneseFilm #Jidaigeki
