Never saw the original. Now I should seek it out! Love this channel

I've watched the 2010 13 Assassins about 15-20 times. It replaced "True Romance" as my favorite movie. I think it's a triumph. Miike Takashi's movie led me to Yojimbo, led me to Sword of Doom and Harakiri... and so on. I think you go through the same thing I do, often, where I watch an 60's samurai movie once to no real effect, and then subsequent views make it better and better... until I really like it. So far, 13 Assassins 1963 has only been watched once.

Takashi Miike 13 Assassins has a special place in my heart. He also did uhhh a little more called Ichi The Killer and also First Love is pretty great as well. I love the controlled chaos Miike is able to convey.

I saw the original at TSUTAIYA (a Japanese version of Blockbuster) in Kyoto in 2002. I saw the Mikke version in a theater in Bangkok. Both are great in their own right.

There's a very hard to find movie starring Sho Kosugi from 1991 you should check out. It's gone under various titles like JOURNEY OF HONOR, KABUTO, and SHOGUN WARRIOR: KABUTO. It is set in the 17th century and stars Kosugi as Daigoro Mayeda, a faithful samurai to the son of the Shogun (played by Sho's own son Kane Kosugi). They are sent to purchase guns from Spain (this is set before the isolation of Japan from all foreign trade except the Dutch took place) and end up embroiled in the machinations of the Spanish and European courts. This was something of a magnum opus of Kosugi who wanted to get out of playing ninjas which he had done for the bulk of the 80's. He produced the move himself and co-wrote the screenplay. It's a very unique samurai movie in that it is set in Europe and is in English with an international cast. We get to see a samurai fight Spanish swordsmen so we get a mix of fighting styles on screen. The finale even sees Sho fight in traditional samurai armor against his opponent wearing European plate armor. The movie has become something of a Holy Grail for Kosugi fans do it's unavailability. DVD releases of it are on places like Amazon, but there's no Blu Ray release and it is not currently on streaming. Low res versions of it pop up on KZfaq every now and then, and i mean low res (like no higher than 360p). I recommend tracking it down so you can see Sho Kosugi as a samurai rather than a ninja and the uniqueness of setting and combat.

There's a movie called "heaven and earth" that does full on battles it was directed by Haruki kadokawa pretty good movie

Please review the last samurai, or the limited series James Clavell The Shogun!!! Your samurai vids are cool!!!!!!

This one had a lot of blood for a 60s movie you remember that one guy got it in the chest

I have both movies. The old one was on a Betamax, copied to VHS and to a VCD. The modern one I have it in DVD and Blue Ray. What would it look like if somebody remakes Kurosawa's 7 Samurai?

Both...in their own way

Can't beat action Japanese movie.

I’ve not seen the original. But the remake wasn’t a disappointment

I prefer the remake but the humor can get a bit much. Hated the ending of the original. Ko Nishimura's freak out was so uncharacteristic from what the movie established. Their strategy was ridiculous as well. I much prefer Eleven Samurai with Isao Natsuyagi than 13 Assassins. Ko Nishimura was consistent in it too.

I don't like the CGI in the remake

I must agree. As much as I love the jidageki genre, the older films do leave me shaking my head at times with the fugazi sword slahes and the over the top facial death expressions. SMH!!😵

Remake.

Remake is shit, original is masterpiece.