Makai Tensho

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 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.

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

• Makai Tensho: Samurai Reincarnation at IMDb
• Ninja Resurrection at IMDb
• Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon at IMDb
• Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge at IMDb