Toru Kihara has been sentenced to death for the murder of two senior citizens. The problem in this particular case is that Kihara does not remember a thing of what happened due to an amnesia inducing bike accident the same night of the murder. On the request of a nameless figure, Toru’s lawyer’s hire Shoji Nango, an old prison guard, to go back to the small town and investigate the case.

Nango eventually secures the help of Junichi Mikami, a young ex-con who was sentenced to three years in prison for the accidental killing of a man in a bar room brawl. Together, they will discover that some elements of the murder are connected in a strange way to Junichi’s own criminal record. What exactly does Junichi have to do with the Toru Kihara case? That is what Nango will try to solve within the short period allowed, as Kihara’s time of execution is quickly approaching.


Japanese Title: 13 Kaidan
Year: 2003
Director: Masahiko Nagasawa
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Takashi Sorimachi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kankuro Kudo, Shofukutei Tsurubei, Rena Tanaka, Tetsuya Bessho, Susumu Terajimi
Runtime: 122 mins
Awards: 2 wins


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2 Responses to “Thirteen Steps”

  1. Koroshi Says:
    December 1st, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    This crime thriller is steadily pace to make you feel as if you are there witnessing the unfolding of the story. Takashi Sorimachi plays an cowardly introvert who gets out of prison only to be sucked back into his past again.

    Tsutomu Yamazaki plays the man who sucks Sorimachi back into the past because he believes in his innocence… until strange unforeseen clues starts him to question his beliefs and wonders if Sorimachi has been lying all along.

    A story with multiple twists! What happened to the evidence? Who’s telling the truth and who’s not? Where are the 13 steps and where do they lead you to? And will anyone find Yamazaki’s bread joke funny?

    8 stars out of 10.

    Domo arigato for sharing this movie.

  2. destructor Says:
    July 13th, 2010 at 11:47 AM

    thanx!dark land

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