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Originally published
  
1981

Author
  
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Adaptations
  
Characters
  
Hōzōin Inshun, Shiro Amakusa, Yagyu Munenori, Musashi Miyamoto, Jubei Yagyu

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Makai Tensho (魔界転生, Makai Tenshō, Hell Reincarnation) is a historical fantasy novel by Futaro Yamada.

Contents

It is a tale in which Mori Sōiken resurrects other dead historical figures to overthrow the Shogunate, while Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi rises to fight him and his warriors of the dead.

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Plot

The tale starts in the Tokugawa shogunate when Yui Shōsetsu meets the old Mori Sōiken, who in the story had survived to the Shimabara rebellion and learned the dark arts of ninpou in order to get his revenge. Knowing they both wish for the dethroning of the shogun, Soiken forms an alliance with Shosetsu and reveals a spell devised by him, the Makai Tensho, which can rise dead people as his puppets. They soon gather an undead army of legendary warriors and sorcerers, among them Amakusa Shirō Tokisada, Miyamoto Musashi and Araki Mataemon, and plan to use their supernatural skills to destroy the shogunate. However the crown of their army, Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, breaks free from their control and becomes determined by his own reasons to stop their rebellion before it starts.

Characters

The roster of the dead varies depending on adaptation, but usually contains Amakusa, Musashi, Yagyu Munenori and Hōzōin Inshun. Soiken himself is often left out in adaptations, which tend to have instead Amakusa as the villain mastermind of the story.

  • Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
  • Mori Sōiken
  • Amakusa Shirō Tokisada
  • Araki Mataemon
  • Tamiya Bōtarō
  • Hōzōin Inshun
  • Hosokawa Gracia
  • Yagyū Jounsai Toshiyoshi
  • Yagyu Munenori
  • Miyamoto Musashi
  • Yui Shōsetsu
  • Tokugawa Yorinobu
  • Tokugawa Iemitsu
  • Film

  • Makai Tensho: Samurai Reincarnation (魔界転生, Makai Tenshō, 1981) starring Sonny Chiba, directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
  • Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon (魔界転生, Makai Tenshō, 1996 direct-to-video) directed by Kazumasa Shirai.
  • Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge (魔界転生 魔道変, Makai Tenshō: Madō-hen, 1996 direct-to-video) directed by Kazumasa Shirai.
  • Ninja Resurrection (魔界転生 地獄篇, Makai Tenshō: Jigoku-hen, 1997 anime OVA) directed by Yasunori Urata.
  • Samurai Resurrection (魔界転生, Makai Tenshō, 2003) directed by Hideyuki Hirayama.
  • Manga

  • Makai Tenshō (魔界転生) by Ken Ishikawa.
  • Makai Tenshō (魔界転生) by Shinzō Tomi.
  • Makai Tenshō: Yume no Ato (魔界転生 夢の跡) by Shōko Toba.
  • Makai Tenshō: Seija no Kōshin (魔界転生 聖者の行進) by Naoko Kugo.
  • Jū ~Ninpō Makai Tenshō~ (十 ~忍法魔界転生~) by Masaki Segawa.
  • Others

  • Yagyū Jūbei: Makai Tenshō (柳生十兵衛・魔界転生, 1981), a stage play directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
  • Resurrection from Hell (魔界転生, Makai Tenshō, 2003), a PS2 video game developed by Tamsoft and published by D3 Publisher.
  • Makai Tenshō (魔界転生, 2006), a stage play directed by G2.
  • References

    Makai Tensho Wikipedia


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