← Back to Cinema Atlas
Discover great cinema and the connections that made it possible.
Samurai Reincarnation
JAPAN · 1981

Samurai Reincarnation

Kinji Fukasaku
religious persecution demonic possession samurai revenge resurrection soul damnation
Watch on MUBI → ▶ Trailer

Synopsis

After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.

More from Kinji Fukasaku

Japan
Battle Royale
2000 • Japan
View →
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003 • Japan
View →
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 • Japan
View →