Makai Tensho (
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.
Plot
editThe 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 shōgun, 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
editThe 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.
Adaptations
editFilm
edit- 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.
- Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge (
- Samurai Resurrection (
魔界 転生 , Makai Tenshō, 2003) directed by Hideyuki Hirayama.
Manga
edit- Makai Tenshō (
魔界 転生 , 1986) by Ken Ishikawa. - Makai Tenshō (
魔界 転生 ) by Shinzō Tomi. - Makai Tenshō: Yume no Ato (
魔界 転生 夢 の跡 , 1997) 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 ~, 2012) by Masaki Segawa.
Anime
edit- Ninja Resurrection (
魔界 転生 地獄 篇 , Makai Tenshō: Jigoku-hen, 1997-1998 OVA) directed by Yasunori Urata.
Others
edit- 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. - Makai Tenshō (
魔界 転生 , 2011), a stage play by the Herohero Q theatrical company. - Makai Tenshō (
魔界 転生 , 2018), a stage play produced to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Nippon Television. - Fate/Grand Order - The Stage of Carnage: Shimosa (フェイト/グランドオーダー
屍 山 血 河 舞台 , Feito/Gurando Ōdā - Shizankegga Butai, 2017) featured an adaptation of the story, crossed with Dante's Inferno, as part of a storyline set in Shimōsa.
References
edit- ^
魔界 転生 あらすじ (in Japanese). g2produce.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2024. - ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 22, 2018). "Basilisk's Segawa Ends Jū ~Ninpō Makai Tenshō~ Manga in June". Anime News Network (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2024.