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Makai tenshô
(Samurai Reincarnation)
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Movie Information
Release year.....: 1981
Also know as.....: Samurai Reincarnation(USA)
Makai tenshô: Samurai Reincarnation(UK)
Genre............: Action/Horror
IMDb rating......: 6.5/10
IMDB Link........: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082699/
Language.........: Japanese
Subtitles........: Hardcoded subs
Runtime..........: 1h 46mn
Source...........: DVD
Total Files Size.: 576 MB
Burn Tested......: No
PS3 Compatible...: Yes
Video/Audio Attributes
Format/Info..........: AVI
Format...............: MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile.......: Advanced Simple@L5
Codec ID.............: XVID
Bit rate.............: 665 Kbps
Width................: 608 pixels
Height...............: 320 pixels
Display aspect ratio.: 4:3
Frame rate...........: 25.000 fps
Color space..........: YUV
Chroma subsampling...: 1.900
Bit depth............: 8 bits
Scan type............: Progressive
Compression mode.....: Lossy
Format...............: MPEG Audio
Format version.......: Version 1
Format profile.......: Layer 3
Mode.................: Joint stereo
Codec ID.............: 55
Bit rate mode........: Variable
Bit rate.............: 80 Kbps
Channel(s)...........: 2 channels
Channel positions....: Front: L R
Sampling rate........: 48.0 KHz
Plot summary
Beginning in 17th Century Japan, with an actual historical occurrence, that of the Shogunate banning the
practice of Christianity in the Empire, Samurai Reincarnation: Makai Tensho begins.
Amakusa Shiro, a Christian Samurai, and several thousand of his followers are decimated by the Shogun's
superior forces.Shiro's spirit cannot rest after witnessing the absence of God from their final stand,
the same God for which they had given their lives. First reanimating his own severed head with to take
vengeance on the Shogun's soldiers, then pledging his soul to Satan for the power to resurrect the greatest
Samurai in history with which to end the Shogun's reign.
Shiro's army of the undead quickly grows, even including the Sword Saint himself, Miyamoto Musashi.
The power which Satan gave to Shiro allowed him to turn these once honorable warriors into devils if they
possessed one feeling in their heart when they died… regret. Legendary ninja warrior, Yagyu Jubei learns
of this new threat to the Shogunate, but not before his own father, Lord Yagyu, is killed and then resurrected
by Shiro's power. Jubei enlists the cursed swordmaker, Muramasa, to create a blade capable of killing these devils.
The climactic battle that takes place in the flaming inferno of the Shogun's ruined castle is truly amazing and
provides a fitting Hell on Earth with which to end the film.
Production
Director..........: Kinji Fukasaku
Kinji Fukasaku....: writer
Tatsuo Nogami.....: writer
Futaro Yamada.....: novel
Haruki Kadokawa...: executive producer
Hozan Yamamoto....: Original Music
Kiyoshi Hasegawa..: Cinematographyy
Isamu Ichida......: Film Editing
Yoshikazu Sano....: Production Design
Tokumichi Igawa...: Art Direction
Shigeji Nakayama..: sound recordist
Tetsuzô Ôsawa.....: special effects designer
Cast
Sonny Chiba......: Jubei Yagyu (as Shinichi Chiba)
Kenji Sawada.....: Shiro Amakusa
Akiko Kana.......: Hosokawa Gracia
Ken Ogata........: Musashi Miyamoto
Hiroyuki Sanada..: Kirimaru Iga
Yûko Asuka.......: Koga Kunoichi
Seizo Fukumoto...: Koga Ninja
Jun Hamamura.....: Shigesaemon
Hiroshi Inuzuka..: Shugoro
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Date of post.......: 29.12.2010
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