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"13 Assassins" Update

Readers Ask About "13 Assassins"

Several readers called to ask if Japan's "13 Assassins," now playing at the Ritz at the Bourse, is subtitled. Yes, but don't let that stop you. It's not a language-intensive movie. "Assassins" is Takashi Miike's successful attempt to revive and update the venerable samurai genre. Judging by the reader interest, I'd say there's a pent-up demand out there for some classic, honest (as in no CGI) action. "Assassins" fills the bill. Keep in mind, though, that Miike is known as a practitioner of "extreme cinema," so there's quite a bit of graphic violence.