13 Assassins opening in Australia soon, free tickets up for grabs

Icon Films is releasing 13 ASSASSINS to Australian cinemas on September 8. It boasts a massive 96% at Rotten Tomatoes, with Loaded calling it "one of the greatest samurai movies ever made." The Los Angeles Times shares that sentiment, saying "a classic samurai movie, right up there among the finest in the genre."

Asia's most controversial and popular director, Takashi Miike, brings you this horror vision of a samurai tale starring Koji Yakusho and Takayuki Yamada. In the era of the Shogun, an evil young Lord rapes and kills, assured of immunity by law. But he didn’t count on the 13 Assassins, a fearless group of elite samurai secretly commissioned to wipe him out.

Sound like your thing? We've got 5 double passes to give away! For your chance to win you'll have to be an Australian resident, and have participated in our "Movies Worth Watching" thread. For those of you in the NT, there are no participating cinemas - sorry! The 5 winners will be announced in that thread on Thursday, September 1. If you or someone you know wants to be in the running, simply join the conversation.

In the meantime, check out the 13 Assassins trailer...