Jûsan-nin no shikaku / 13 Assassins (2010) Poster, US, First American release 2011, Signed by Takashi Miike (director)

Jûsan-nin no shikaku / 13 Assassins (2010) Poster, US, First American release 2011, Signed by Takashi Miike (director)

Unframed: 39 3/4 x 27 in. (101 x 68.5 cm)

Mr. Sohal met the great Japanese director Takashi Miike at the Curzon Cinema, where he was promoting his film Blade of the Immortal, during the London Film Festival.

It is rare for anyone to have an original poster signed, as the majority of signatures are on pieces of paper, photographs and video/dvd sleeves. It is unusual to have the film's poster with you when you try to obtain signatures.

This samurai film was directed by Takashi Miike, and was a remake of Eiichi Kudo's 1963 film of the same name. The cast includes Kōji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Sōsuke Takaoka, Hiroki Matsukata, Kazuki Namioka and Gorō Inagaki. The film is set in 1844, during the decline of the Edo period. Thirteen assassins, twelve samurai and one hunter, join forces to plot to assassinate a barbarous feudal lord.