Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

Original title

魔界転生

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Genre

action, fantasy, horror

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

18

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A resurrected samurai leads a group of undead warriors from Japan's past to seek revenge. A lone swordsman must stop them by embracing his own supernatural powers.

darksupernaturalviolenthistoricalfast-pacedatmosphericintensemythic

What happens

Samurai Reincarnation (Japanese: 魔界転生, Hepburn: Makai Tenshō; 'Demon Realm Reincarnation') 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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