剧情介绍
时为弘化年间（19世纪40年代），幕府将军德川家庆的异母弟弟——明石藩藩主松平齐昭（菅貫太郎 饰）骄纵跋扈，冷酷无情。虽则如此，齐昭却仕途顺利，即将成为幕府老中。为免苍生受其荼毒，笔头老中土井（丹波哲郎 饰）密令旗本岛田新左卫门（片岡千恵蔵 饰）刺杀齐昭。岛田领命，召集仓永左平太（嵐寛寿郎 饰）、平山九十郎（西村晃 饰）、新六郎（里見浩太朗 饰）等十数人组成刺客部队。不久，齐昭参勤完毕，启程归国。岛田等中伺机而动，明石藩武士鬼头半兵卫（内田良平 饰）则绞尽脑汁，全力护主。宿命之战将在落合驿全面展开……
2010年，著名导演三池崇史翻拍此片。 A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
2010年，著名导演三池崇史翻拍此片。 A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
宁做艺伎绕膝之猫不做武士忠实之犬
我就喜欢这种叙事风格的老片，有诚意
不如新版好看。
【C】如果多年后三池的翻拍版能复刻本片的结尾设计就好了，可惜没有。
中前部有一段背景音的琵琶独奏相当出彩
逻辑要比2010翻拍版的好，但打斗场景混乱毫无美感，恕我觉得好吵好没耐心好J巴难看
杀阵戏不错
感觉要比同时香港武打片运镜更加成熟
西村晃老爷子好不容易演了个浪人高手类型的角色，导演你又何必让他死得那么滑稽呢？不过丹波的角色戏份是真的少，充其量只有一两分钟左右。(另外结尾的杀阵戏真长啊，足足有半个钟头左右)
杀阵的处理有点混乱，以至于阵型没有交代清楚，结局对武士精神虽有所升华也是意料之中。以及没发现有人论点里关于配乐结合中西音乐的论述有多明显。
最后三十分钟的杀阵戏激烈有余、精彩不足，不如新版。
1080i
本片是東映時代劇的一次迴光返照，工藤榮一在創作模仿《七武士》的群體結構，把一開始的刺殺事件的起源簡單清晰地介紹，把關注焦點在放在十三名武士如何參加刺殺行動，以張力取代懸疑，減少觀眾對結局的期待。可惜的是，這種結構是群體性有余，個體性不足，編導無法在如此充足的敘事空間下把十三個武士的性格一一分析得當。不過這也符合了本片對近乎愚忠，泯滅個體人性的武士道精神思辨。結局的大殺陣有三十分鐘之長，但在大量手持鏡頭下只不過是激烈有余，精彩不足，更接近於智鬥，似乎也是因為編導刻意追求整體動作的嚴謹而放棄個体動作的著墨。
若非想看新版，真会错过这一冷门佳作，后半段的杀阵戏份实在精彩。
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