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Encyclopedia > Cultural references to the Sengoku period

The sengoku-jidai (Japanese: 戦国時代), or Warring States period, was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict that lasted roughly from the middle 15th to the early 17th century. For information on the historical sengoku-jidai, please see the article Sengoku period. “Sengoku” redirects here. ...

  • The films Kagemusha, Ran and Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa take place during this era.
  • Onibaba, a film by Kaneto Shindo, is also set in this period.
  • The two Japanese science fiction movies Sengoku jietai features modern-day soldiers transported through time to that period and having to fight samurai forces with modern weaponry.
  • Two Science fiction movies on the Sengoku era were made. Sengoku jietai, made in 1979, and Sengoku jietai 1549 was set in the Sengoku period when soldiers of the JGSDF were transported through a time portal.
  • The video game mod Sengoku is a FPS with feudal Japan theme and samurai for Battlefield 1942.
  • The video game Nobunaga's Ambition is a strategy game set in the Sengoku period.
  • The video game Shogun: Total War is a real time strategy game set in Japan during Sengoku period.
  • The anime and manga series InuYasha is set in the Sengoku period.
  • The manga Rurouni Kenshin included a short story, Crescent Moon in the Warring States, which featured a Hiko Seijuro from the Sengoku period.
  • The Soul Calibur series of video games are set in the period of transition between the Sengoku and Edo periods.
  • The video game Samurai Warriors by Koei takes place in this era. The Japanese title for this game is Sengoku Musou, and features many historic individuals and battles from the Sengoku period.
  • The video game series Onimusha by Capcom takes place in this era, especially Onimusha 3.
  • The video game Ikusagami takes place in this era and features many prominent contemporary figures.
  • The anime and manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo takes place just after the unification of Japan under the Tokugawa Shogunate however some plot events take place during this time period and many characters participated in the Warring States era.
  • The video game Sengoku Basara (Japan only; the game was released as Devil Kings in the United States and all Sengoku references removed) by Capcom, takes place during the Sengoku Period.
  • Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai takes place during (and after) this era.
  • Several NHK historical dramas, such as Dokuganryu Masamune, Kasuga no Tsubone, Takeda Shingen, Oda Nobunaga: King of Zipangu, Hideyoshi, and Toshiie to Matsu takes place during this era. Another drama, Hōjō Tokimune takes place some 400 years before this era, which is in turn about the Hōjō clan.
  • The Conquests expansion for Civilization III features a Sengoku scenario.
  • The popular role-playing game Sengoku by Anthony Bryant and Mark Arsenault is set in 16th Century Japan.
  • The Sengoku Denshou series from the Arcades (later ported to Neo-Geo and the Super Nintendo) had themes of the Sengoku era, which included Nobunaga as an evil warlord trying to conquer the modern world and commands his minions from a Japanese castle.
  • The board game Shogun (board game)
  • The video game Kessen III takes place in the Sengoku era, following the story of Oda Nobunaga.
  • Komyo ga Tsuji a novel and a TV drama of the same name takes place in the Sengoku Era.

Kagemusha ) is a 1980 film by Akira Kurosawa. ... The term Ran can refer to: In film and television: Ran (film), a 1985 film directed by the master Japanese director, Akira Kurosawa Tsukikage Ran, an anime, or its title character Rachel Moore, also called Ran Mori, a fictional character in the manga Case Closed (known as Detective Conan in... For other uses, see Seven Samurai (disambiguation). ... Akira Kurosawa , 23 March 1910—6 September 1998) was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. ... Onibaba ) is a 1964 Japanese horror film, directed by Kaneto Shindo and starring Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura and Kei Sato. ... Kaneto Shindo , born 28 April 1912) in Hiroshima, Japan is a Japanese film director. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Sengoku Jietai 1549 (戦国自衛隊1549) or Warring States Period Self Defence Force 1549 is a Japanese made feature length film and comic book series focusing on the adventures of a modern day (as of 2005) Japanese Ground Self Defence Force (JGSDF) element that accidentally manages to travel to the Warring States... Sengoku is a total conversion game mod for Battlefield 1942 set in feudal Japan. ... First-person shooter (FPS) is a genre of video games which is characterized by an on-screen view that simulates the in-game characters point of view and a focus on the use of handheld ranged weapons. ... Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ... Battlefield 1942 is an expansive first-person shooter (FPS), set in World War II, developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows (2002) and Apple Macintosh (2004). ... Nobunagas Ambition (original title, Nobunaga no Yabou) is a 1988 turn-based strategy game by Koei, focused in the Sengoku period of the history of Japan. ... Shogun: Total War Categories: Computer and video game stubs | Real-time strategy computer games ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Manga )   (pl. ... Serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday Original run 1996 – 2007 (ongoing) No. ... It has been suggested that Sakabato be merged into this article or section. ... Hiko Seijuro Hiko Seijuro XIII ) is Himura Kenshins master in the anime/manga series Rurouni Kenshin. ... Soul Calibur is the second game in the Soul series of fighting games developed and produced by Namco, consisting of Soul Edge (Soul Blade in the US), Soul Calibur, Soul Calibur II, and Soul Calibur III. Originally an arcade game, Soul Calibur was ported and released for the Sega Dreamcast... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... This article may not meet Wikipedias content policies because it lacks an encyclopedic perspective. ... Koeis Current Company Logo Koei Co. ... Onimusha (Japanese: 鬼武者, literally Oni Warrior) is a PlayStation 2 action-adventure game series by Capcom. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Ikusagami is an upcoming action oriented video game for the PlayStation 2 in the vein of the upcoming Ninety-Nine Nights or Dynasty Warriors, already notable for the feat of fitting 65,535 characters onscreen at once - a feat unheard of on either current-gen or next-gen consoles. ... Samurai Deeper Kyo (written in English, even in Japan) is Akimine Kamijyos first published manga. ... Sengoku Basara is a video game for PlayStation 2 first published July 21, 2005 by Capcom. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... Usagi Yojimbo book 11: Seasons Usagi Yojimbo (Literally Rabbit Bodyguard, Japanese kanji 兎用心棒 or phonetically うさぎようじんぼう usagi yōjinbō) is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai. ... Hojo may refer to: Hōjō clan, a family of regents of the Kamakura Shogunate Late Hōjō clan, daimyo in the Sengoku Period Hōjō, Ehime, a city in Japan Hōjō Tokiyuki, an early Japanese Scouting notable Hōjō (Inuyasha), a character in the manga and anime series... Civilization III: Conquests is the second and final expansion for the award-winning and best-selling computer game Sid Meiers Civilization III. It was published in 2003. ... Sid Meiers Civilization III is a turn-based strategy computer game by Firaxis Games, the sequel to Sid Meiers Civilization II. It was followed by Civilization IV. Also called Civ 3 or Civ III for short, the game is the third generation of the original Civilization. ... Shogun is a board game by Dirk Henn. ... Kessen III is a PlayStation 2 video-game produced by Koei. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

See also

  • Category:Sengoku computer and video games lists video games that took place in the Sengoku period.


 
 

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