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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Samurai Reincarnation
| name = Samurai Reincarnation
| image = SamuraiReincarnationDVDCover.jpg
| image = Samurai Reincarnation poster.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Kinji Fukasaku]]
| director = [[Kinji Fukasaku]]
| producer =
| producer = [[Haruki Kadokawa]]
| writer = Kinji Fukasaku<br>Tatsuo Nogami
| writer = Kinji Fukasaku<br>Tatsuo Nogami
| narrator =
| narrator =
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| editing = Isamu Ichida
| editing = Isamu Ichida
| distributor = [[Toei Company]]
| distributor = [[Toei Company]]
| released = June 6, 1981
| released = {{Film date|1981|06|06}}
| runtime = 122 minutes
| runtime = 122 minutes
| country = Japan
| country = Japan
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| budget =
| budget =
}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Samurai Reincarnation'''''|魔界転生|Makai Tenshō}} is a 1981 Japanese [[fantasy film]] written and directed by [[Kinji Fukasaku]] and starring [[Sonny Chiba]], [[Kenji Sawada]], and [[Hiroyuki Sanada]]. It is based on the [[Makai Tensho|novel of the same name]] by [[Futaro Yamada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%AD%94%E7%95%8C%E8%BB%A2%E7%94%9F-690352|title=魔界転生とは|access-date= 2021-01-07|language= Japanese|work=kotobank}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/002919/-/03|title=魔界転生|access-date= 2021-01-07|language= Japanese|work=wowow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hominis.media/category/actor/post6648/ |title=キスシーンも話題に！沢田研二が『魔界転生』で放った妖しい魅力|access-date= 2021-01-07|language= Japanese|work=ホミニスニュース}}</ref><ref>『キネマ旬報[[Kinema Junpo]]』 （通号 812）1981年6月1日号 p58-60「風太郎忍法帖―ゲームの規則</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sp.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=17055&key_search=%E9%AD%94%E7%95%8C%E8%BB%A2%E7%94%9F|title=魔界転生|publisher=[[Kinema Junpo]]|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>
{{nihongo|'''''Samurai Reincarnation'''''|魔界転生|Makai Tenshō}} is a 1981 Japanese [[dark fantasy]] film written and directed by [[Kinji Fukasaku]] and starring [[Sonny Chiba]], [[Kenji Sawada]], and [[Hiroyuki Sanada]]. It is based on the [[Makai Tensho|novel of the same name]] by [[Futaro Yamada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%AD%94%E7%95%8C%E8%BB%A2%E7%94%9F-690352|title=魔界転生とは|access-date= 2021-01-07|language= Japanese|work=kotobank}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/002919/-/03|title=魔界転生|access-date= 2021-01-07|language= Japanese|work=wowow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hominis.media/category/actor/post6648/ |title=キスシーンも話題に！沢田研二が『魔界転生』で放った妖しい魅力|access-date= 2021-01-07|language= Japanese|work=ホミニスニュース}}</ref><ref>『キネマ旬報[[Kinema Junpo]]』 （通号 812）1981年6月1日号 p58-60「風太郎忍法帖―ゲームの規則</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sp.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=17055&key_search=%E9%AD%94%E7%95%8C%E8%BB%A2%E7%94%9F|title=魔界転生|publisher=[[Kinema Junpo]]|access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>
The film was nominated for three [[Awards of the Japanese Academy]] and won two of them. Sanada won best newcomer of the year and Tokumichi Igawa and Yoshikazu Sano took the award for best art direction. The film was nominated for best sound but did not win the award.
The film was nominated for three [[Awards of the Japanese Academy]] and won two of them.{{cn|date=June 2023}} Sanada won best newcomer of the year and Tokumichi Igawa and Yoshikazu Sano took the award for best art direction.{{cn|date=June 2023}} The film was nominated for best sound but did not win the award.{{cn|date=June 2023}}


==Plot==
==Plot==
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Additionally, young [[Iga-ryū|Iga]] ninja Kirimaru, a friend of Jubei, is narrowly saved by Shiro and his demons after his village is massacred by the rival Tokugawa-controlled [[Kōga-ryū|Koga]] ninja clan. Kirimaru is resurrected and recruited by Shiro for vengeance against the Koga, and the demons taunt the arriving Jubei as they leave.
Additionally, young [[Iga-ryū|Iga]] ninja Kirimaru, a friend of Jubei, is narrowly saved by Shiro and his demons after his village is massacred by the rival Tokugawa-controlled [[Kōga-ryū|Koga]] ninja clan. Kirimaru is resurrected and recruited by Shiro for vengeance against the Koga, and the demons taunt the arriving Jubei as they leave.


The demons infiltrate the [[Tokugawa Shogunate]] at [[Edo Castle]]. Hosokawa seduces Shogun [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]], and the demons assassinate key officials [[Matsudaira Nobutsuna|Izu-no-kami]], Koga leader Genjuro, and Jubei's brother Samon. The terminally-ill Tajima attempts to put a stop to Shiro using a sword forged by exiled swordsmith [[Muramasa]], but succumbs to his illness after successfully killing Inshun. Tajima is resurrected and joins Shiro, tempted by the prospect of challenging his son to a duel; he attacks Jubei as he returns home, and Jubei barely escapes.
The demons infiltrate the [[Tokugawa Shogunate]] at [[Edo Castle]]. Hosokawa seduces Shogun [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]], and the demons assassinate key official [[Matsudaira Nobutsuna|Izu-no-kami]], Koga leader Genjuro, and Jubei's brother Samon. The terminally-ill Tajima attempts to put a stop to Shiro using a sword forged by exiled swordsmith [[Muramasa]], but succumbs to his illness after successfully killing Inshun. Tajima is resurrected and joins Shiro, tempted by the prospect of challenging his son to a duel; he attacks Jubei as he returns home, and Jubei barely escapes.


In a remote shrine, Shiro casts a curse to wither Tokugawa's crops, sparking protests by farmers against the shogunate's taxes. Kirimaru begins to feel affection for a young girl orphaned by the protests, Omitsu. Jubei seeks out Muramasa, and learns that Tajima had commissioned a sword capable of killing demonic spirits. Musashi attacks in search of Jubei, but is driven away after recognising a flute tune played by Otsu, niece of Musashi's abandoned wife. Muramasa, who had adopted Otsu, is convinced by Musashi's attack to forge a similar sword for Jubei.
In a remote shrine, Shiro casts a curse to wither Tokugawa's crops, sparking protests by farmers against the shogunate's taxes. Kirimaru begins to feel affection for a young girl orphaned by the protests, Omitsu. Jubei seeks out Muramasa, and learns that Tajima had commissioned a sword capable of killing demonic spirits. Musashi attacks in search of Jubei, but is driven away after recognising a flute tune played by Otsu, niece of Musashi's abandoned wife. Muramasa, who had adopted Otsu, is convinced by Musashi's attack to forge a similar sword for Jubei.
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*[[Hiroshi Inuzuka]] as Sōgorō
*[[Hiroshi Inuzuka]] as Sōgorō
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==Quotes and Inspiration==
*"[[Koan#Killing the Buddha|If you should encounter God, God will be cut.]]"
*A nod from this line and moment (An old swordsmith giving her legendary sword for a legendary mission) is found in [[Quentin Tarantino|Tarantino]]'s ''[[Kill Bill]]'', with [[Sonny Chiba|Chiba]] now taking the role of the swordsmith.
*When Lord Izu is killed, his corpse is hanged and a cross is paint on his forehead. This could have been referenced in ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', just that with a cut in form of a [[swastika]] on nazis left alive by the 'Basterds'.

==Trivia==
*The showdown between Yagyu Jubei and Miyamoto Musashi occurs in a location used a year before in the Fukasaku film ''[[Virus (1980 film)|Virus]]''.
*Original American Release on home video deleted much of the middle of the movie, reducing the running time from 122 minutes to 88 minutes and eliminating many important plot points such as the introduction of Jubei's Father.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 03:02, 7 May 2024

Not to be confused with Samurai Resurrection.
Samurai Reincarnation
Theatrical poster
Directed byKinji Fukasaku
Written byKinji Fukasaku
Tatsuo Nogami
Based onMakai Tensho
by Futaro Yamada
Produced byHaruki Kadokawa
Starring
CinematographyKiyoshi Hasegawa
Edited byIsamu Ichida
Music by
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • June 6, 1981 (1981-06-06)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Samurai Reincarnation (魔界転生, Makai Tenshō) is a 1981 Japanese dark fantasy film written and directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Sonny Chiba, Kenji Sawada, and Hiroyuki Sanada. It is based on the novel of the same name by Futaro Yamada.[1][2][3][4][5]

The film was nominated for three Awards of the Japanese Academy and won two of them.[citation needed] Sanada won best newcomer of the year and Tokumichi Igawa and Yoshikazu Sano took the award for best art direction.[citation needed] The film was nominated for best sound but did not win the award.[citation needed]

Plot[edit]

Following the Shimabara Rebellion, Christian rebellion leader Amakusa Shiro is resurrected, and renounces his God for abandoning him and thousands of Christians to be massacred by the Tokugawa regime, swearing vengeance.

Gaining the power to resurrect the dead, he tempts, resurrects and recruits the betrayed samurai wife Hosokawa Gracia, unfulfilled legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, and Buddhist monk Hozoin Inshun, who represses his sadistic desires, to join his cause as regret-filled demons. Yagyu Jubei, son of Musashi's desired rival, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori, arrives at Musashi's cave to seek his teaching, but finds only his empty armor.

Additionally, young Iga ninja Kirimaru, a friend of Jubei, is narrowly saved by Shiro and his demons after his village is massacred by the rival Tokugawa-controlled Koga ninja clan. Kirimaru is resurrected and recruited by Shiro for vengeance against the Koga, and the demons taunt the arriving Jubei as they leave.

The demons infiltrate the Tokugawa Shogunate at Edo Castle. Hosokawa seduces Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna, and the demons assassinate key official Izu-no-kami, Koga leader Genjuro, and Jubei's brother Samon. The terminally-ill Tajima attempts to put a stop to Shiro using a sword forged by exiled swordsmith Muramasa, but succumbs to his illness after successfully killing Inshun. Tajima is resurrected and joins Shiro, tempted by the prospect of challenging his son to a duel; he attacks Jubei as he returns home, and Jubei barely escapes.

In a remote shrine, Shiro casts a curse to wither Tokugawa's crops, sparking protests by farmers against the shogunate's taxes. Kirimaru begins to feel affection for a young girl orphaned by the protests, Omitsu. Jubei seeks out Muramasa, and learns that Tajima had commissioned a sword capable of killing demonic spirits. Musashi attacks in search of Jubei, but is driven away after recognising a flute tune played by Otsu, niece of Musashi's abandoned wife. Muramasa, who had adopted Otsu, is convinced by Musashi's attack to forge a similar sword for Jubei.

Shiro tempts Kirimaru to seduce Omitsu to complete his descent into evil. Kirimaru attempts to force himself on her, but finds he is unable to go through with it. A watching Jubei ultimately spares the repentant Kirimaru, seeing his latent conscience. Meanwhile, the shogunate holds a lavish hunting party, and a group of angered farmers interrupt the hunt in protest of the high taxes invoked to fund it. Hosokawa and Tajima trick Ietsuna into shooting down the farmers. Muramasa finishes forging Jubei's sword, proclaiming it can even kill God, before passing away from exhaustion.

The executed farmers are crucified on a hill, and Shiro incites a bloody riot among the gathered peasants, before rallying them as his army to ride to Edo and overthrow the Shogun. Kirimaru attempts to escape with Omitsu, but is killed by Shiro. An arriving Jubei swears to avenge Kirimaru, before Musashi challenges Jubei to a duel at Funajima the following morning. Jubei and Otsu confront Musashi at Funajima, and Jubei slays Musashi in their duel.

As the peasants' uprising continues to advance on the capital, Hosokawa takes Ietsuna hostage and rampages through Edo Castle with Tajima, setting the castle ablaze. Shiro reveals himself to the Shogun before the insane Hosokawa falls with Ietsuna into the flames. Jubei, his body now warded with Buddhist prayer symbols, arrives and duels Tajima in the burning castle. Jubei's sword is broken, and Tajima is eventually killed with his own Muramasa sword.

Shiro appears, offering to let Jubei join him. Jubei refuses, and manages to decapitate Shiro in the ensuing fight. Still living, Shiro takes his severed head, and vows to continue resurrecting as long as humanity exists, before disappearing into the flames.

Cast[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "魔界転生とは". kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. ^ "魔界転生". wowow (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  3. ^ "キスシーンも話題に！沢田研二が『魔界転生』で放った妖しい魅力". ホミニスニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. ^ 『キネマ旬報Kinema Junpo』 （通号 812）1981年6月1日号 p58-60「風太郎忍法帖―ゲームの規則
  5. ^ "魔界転生". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

External links[edit]

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