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Takashi Miike has made and directed over 100 movies, and 13 Assassins is one of the best, a stylish throwback to samurai cinema of old anchored by the modern filmmaking prowess of one of the best filmmakers alive. A remake of Eiichi Kudo’s 1963 film, Miike’s kinetic thriller is loosely based on actual events from 1844 when 12 samurai…