Samurai Reincarnation(Movie, 1981)

Name: Samurai Reincarnation
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1981
Duration: T02:2:00
Rating: 3

Original title: "魔界転生" (Japanese/JA)

2h 2min | Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 12 votes)

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. 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. ()

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About Samurai Reincarnation

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.

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Production country: Japan

Based on the work of: Fūtarō Yamada ("Makai Tenshō")

Made by: Toei, Kadokawa Pictures

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/06/1981

Cast: Sonny Chiba, Kenji Sawada, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Ken Ogata, Hideo Murota, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mikio Narita, Kayoko Shiraishi, Tetsurō Tamba, Mizuho Suzuki, Jun Hamamura, Seizō Fukumoto

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Screenwriter: Kinji Fukasaku

Composer: Hōzan Yamamoto

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Makai tenshô"

Keywords: samurai, undead

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