Samurai Reincarnation
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Written by | Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuo Nogami, Futaro Yamada (original novel) |
| Release date(s) | 1981 |
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Samurai Reincarnation (魔界転生 Makai Tensho) is a 1981 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Sonny Chiba. The film was based on the novel Makai Tensho.
The film was nominated for three 'Awards of the Japanese Academy' of which it won two. Hiroyuki 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, however did not win the award.
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[edit] Cast
- Sonny Chiba as Jubei Yagyu
- Kenji Sawada as Shiro Amakusa
- Akiko Kana as Gracia Hosokawa
- Ken Ogata as Musashi Miyamoto
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Kirimaru Iga
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Yuko Asuka as Kunoichi
- Seizo Fukumoto
- Jun Hamamura as Shigesaemon
- Hiroshi Inuzuka as Shugoro
- Masataka Iwao as Yasui
- Ai Kanzaki as Otsuu
- Naoko Kubo as Yajima no tsubone
- Noboru Matsuhashi as Ietsuna Tokugawa
- Noboru Mitani as Monk
- Hideo Murota as Priest Inshun Hozoin
- Mikio Narita as Izumori Matsudaira
- Tadashi Naruse as Genjuro Koga
- Kayoko Shiraishi as (Voice)
- Mizuho Suzuki as Ogasawara
- Tetsuro Tamba as Muramasa
- Asao Uchida as Sakai
- Tomisaburo Wakayama as Munenori Yagyu
[edit] Credits
- Produced by Haruki Kadokawa (executive producer)
- Original Music by: Hozan Yamamoto
- Cinematography by: Kiyoshi Hasegawa
- Film Editing by: Isamu Ichida
- Production Design by: Yoshikazu Sano
- Art Direction by: Tokumichi Igawa
- Sound Department: Shigeji Nakayama (sound recordist)
[edit] Quotes
- "If you should encounter God, God will be cut."
[edit] Triva
- The showdown between Yagyu Jubei and Musashi Miyamoto occurs a location used a year before in the Fukasaku film Virus.
