
It screened at SXSW and the Venice Film Festival, so you know it’s got to be pretty badass. 13 Assassins, the latest film by acclaimed director Takashi Miike, is a period piece samurai action spectacle set at the end of Japan’s feudal era, where a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
Now you can watch it in a theater near you, the way it should be enjoyed. Check out times and dates after the jump.
Santa Ana, CA: South Coast Village 3
West Los Angeles, CA: Nuart Theatre
New York, NY: IFC Center 5
5/6/2011
Aiea, HI: Pearlridge West 16
Honolulu, HI: Kahala Theatres 8
Cambridge, MA: Kendall Square Cinema
5/13/2011
Palm Desert, CA: Cinemas Palme D’Or 7
Denver, CO: Mayan Theatre
New Orleans, LA: Prytania Theatre
Philadelphia, PA: Ritz at the Bourse
5/20/2011
Berkeley, CA: Shattuck Cinemas 10
San Francisco, CA: Lumiere Theatre 3
5/27/2011
Washington, DC: E Street Cinema
Atlanta, GA: Midtown Art Cinemas 8
Chicago, IL: Music Box
University City, MO: Tivoli Theatre
Asheville, NC: Carolina Asheville 14
Salt Lake City, UT: Tower Theatre
6/3/2011
Minneapolis, MN: Lagoon Cinema
Santa Fe, NM: The Screen
6/17/2011
Indianapolis, IN: Keystone Art Cinema 7
Pleasantville, NY: Jacob Burns Film Center
7/8/2011
Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts