Thirteen Assassins / 13-nin no Shikaku
Updated on February 15, 2010
Cast
koji Yakusho: Shimada Shinzaemon
Takayuki Yamada
Kazuki Namioka  
Hiroki Matsukata
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Yusuke Iseya
Arata Furuta
Ikki Sawamura,
Sousuke Takaoka
Yuma Ishigaki
Masataka Kubota
Seiji Rokkaku
Koen Kondo
IMDb: 13-nin no shikaku
February 15, 2010
Twitchflm.net reports that the promotion for Takashi Miike's "
Jusan-nin no Shikaku" has  started in the Eurpopean Film Market in Berlin.

On August 19,
TOKYOGRAPH reported:

Veteran actor Masachika Ichimura (60) has been cast in Takashi Miike's remake of "Thirteen Assassins." This is said to be his first true jidaigeki role.
In July, it was revealed that Koji Yakusho is starring as Shimada Shinzaemon, the leader of the thirteen killers aiming to eliminate an evil feudal lord. Ichimura has now been announced as playing the part of the lord's loyal retainer Onigashira Hanbei, who faces against the assassins to protect his master.
It has been reported elsewhere that Goro Inagaki has been cast as the targeted lord, but no official announcement has confirmed that yet.
"Thirteen Assassins" is expected to open in 2010.


July 20, 2009
Some newspapers reported the shooting of "Thirteen Assassins" .  Here is one of the articles with a photo of the '13 assassins' actors.


Twitchfilm.net has put 4 cast and on-set images.

TOKYOGRAPH has also reported the shooting of "Thirteen assassins.":

Takashi Miike's remake of "Thirteen Assassins" ("Juusan-nin no Shikaku") that was announced in May now has its main cast revealed. The titular group of thirteen killers will be led by actor Koji Yakusho (53).

The original 1963 film was directed by Eiichi Kudo and starred Chiezo Kataoka as the assassins' leader Shimada Shinzaemon. Yakusho will take over the role of Shinzaemon. The rest of the assassins are being played by Hiroki Matsukata, Yusuke Iseya, Takayuki Yamada, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Arata Furuta, Ikki Sawamura, Sousuke Takaoka, Yuma Ishigaki, Masataka Kubota, Seiji Rokkaku, Kazuki Namioka, and Koen Kondo.

Filming started on July 5 in Yamagata and is scheduled to continue until as late as September. The movie is set to open in theaters next year.

JFILM POW-WOW has also put the info on Thirteen Assassins.
Twitch film net.            Thirteen Assassins
Toho official site: 13-nin no shikaku

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