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Feb 12 10 2:07 AM
Hachigatsu wrote: Since Kinji Fukasaku had a string of big-budget costume dramas (which Toei hailed as the return of the "Jidaigeki" genre), and Japan was already engulfed in "Yamato Fever" from the tremendous success of the SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO animated feature (STAR WARS was not due to open in Japan until mid-1978), Toei decided to do a "Jidaigeki in Space". The plot is taken from the 106-volume story, Nanso Satomi Hakkenden written by Kyoutei Baikin between 1814 and 1842, set in the tumultuous Sengoku period (age of Warring States), follows eight samurai brothers and their adventures, with themes of loyalty and family honor, as well as Confucianism, bushido and Buddhist philosophy. Basic elements from this story were used as the basis of MESSAGE FROM SPACE.
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