Makai tenshô (1981)

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers:

Kinji Fukasaku (writer)
Tatsuo Nogami (writer)

Release Date:

6 junio 1981 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Plot:

The villain is called Amakusa SHIRO Tokaisada. He is actually based on a real christian samurai. The movie was one of the inspirations for the game called 'Samurai Shodown' (actual spelling)

Plot Keywords:

Demonic Cult | Androgyny | Loss Of Girlfriend | Spiritual Possession | Reincarnation

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

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Cast

Sonny Chiba	...	Jubei Yagyu (as Shinichi Chiba)
Kenji Sawada	...	Shiro Amakusa
Akiko Kana	...	Lady Garasha Hosokawa
Ken Ogata	...	Musashi Miyamoto
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Kirimaru Iga
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Yûko Asuka	...	Kunoichi
Seizo Fukumoto
Jun Hamamura	...	Shigesaemon
Hiroshi Inuzuka	...	Shugoro
Masataka Iwao	...	Yasui
Ai Kanzaki	...	Otsuu
Naoko Kubo	...	Yajima no tsubone
Noboru Matsuhashi	...	Ietsuna Tokugawa
Noboru Mitani	...	Monk
Hideo Murota	...	Priest Inshun Hozoin
Mikio Narita	...	Izumori Matsudaira
Tadashi Naruse	...	Genjuro Koga
Kayoko Shiraishi	...	(voice)
Mizuho Suzuki	...	Ogasawara
Tetsuro Tamba	...	Muramasa
Asao Uchida	...	Sakai
Tomisaburo Wakayama	...	Lord Tajima no Kami Munenori Yagyu

También conocida como:

Makai tenshô: Samurai Reincarnation (International: English title)
Samurai Reincarnation (USA)

Duración:

122 min

País:

Japan

Idioma:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:16

Company:

Kadokawa Haruki Jimusho

Quotes:

Shiro Amakusa: The Tokugawa Shogunate is now about to end.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

View the Subtitled Version!

I recently viewed a subtitled version of Makai Tensho: Samurai Reincarnation from my video store. I had previously viewed the dubbed version a few times throughout the years and found the movie to be strangely appealing but also confusing and the dubbed dialog rather silly. Characters would suddenly disappear or appear without any explanation and the plot seemed somewhat incoherent. The subtitled version appears to have more footage, which helps explain the story much more clearly and the movie appears much more sophisticated. In the subtitled version, the subtlety of the acting is quite good. For example, the acting of Kenji Sawada as the Christian Shiro appeared almost ridiculous and over the top in the dubbed version, but hearing it in Japanese with subtitles, it had much more subtlety and created a much more complex character. There are many good and familiar actors (to those familiar with this genre)who give good performances from Sonny Chiba as Jubei Yagyu to Tomisaburo Wakayama as the elder Yagyu, who is famed for his character in the Lone Wolf and Cub series. Don't judge this movie, until you have the opportunity to view the subtitled version!