When kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate gang, and a missing treasure trove. Sleepy eyes of death sword of satan nemuri kyoshiro 6. The full moon cut is displayed for the last time in the final 4 films of sleepy eyes of death in the vol 3 collocation set by animeigo. Sleepy eyes of death 3 1964 cast and crew moviefone. Nemuri kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political reformer that pushed for better provisions for the lower classes until he was assassinated by shogunate agents. This film of the sleepyeyed ronin series has the hero involved when as an act of vengeance a band of samurai whose master was unceremoniously assassinated by agents of the clan, when he sought justice and better conditions for the citizens, takes shape. The films are great and wish they could have kept it going but the untimely death of raizo ichikawa made this collocation the last. Sword of adventure 1964 kenji misumi, raizo ichikawa, koichi aihara, sanemon arashi july 8, 2019 wandering samurai nemuri kyoshiro raizo ichikawa finds a bullseye on his back after befriending the shogunates tightfisted financial adviser, asahina, whos earned the wrath of the shoguns selfindulgent. With raizo ichikawa, koichi aihara, sanemon arashi, shinjiro asano.
While the initial wave of films began with three entries that were made by toho between 1956 and 1958 and starred koji tsuruta in the lead role, the better known wave began in 1963 with the chinese jade. The four dvd discs in animeigos the sleepy eyes of death collectors set volume 2 contain beautifully transferred enhanced widescreen encodings of the four features. Ninja, a band of assassins 1962, revenge 1964, fight, zatoichi, fight 1964, kaiji. Sleepy eyes of death 3 1964 kyoshiro shows off his skills as a swordsman by slicing the clothes off of a female opponent and he becomes involved in a plot that could kill him. Nemuri kyoshiro, or sleepy kyoshiro series is all about style over substance.
With the smaller acts of kindness aside the man finds a larger plot is a foot, which involves a corrupt court system, an honest and wellintentioned public official and lots of danger for all involved. Jan 06, 20 the full moon cut is displayed for the last time in the final 4 films of sleepy eyes of death in the vol 3 collocation set by animeigo. Princesse millenium 1982 stream complet vf film fr. One of the movies in this volume has a feel along the lines of zatoichi and kurosawas yojimbo. Sword of seduction 1964 samurai kyoshiro raizo ichikawa encounters a drugaddled princesss and a christian saint who knows about the circumstances surrounding his.
They rely on samurai tropes and repetitious, familiar elements to entertain the audience. Hara kiri death of a samurai 2011 cd1 french film complet en francais. Sleepy eyes of death darkhorizon, released 10 december 2014 1. The master of the legendary fullmooncut technique, ronin nemuri kyoshiro raizo ichikawa wanders the japanese countryside in search of adventure, and faces any challenge to come his way.
The sleepy eyes of death sleepy eyes of death is one of the longrunning and bestloved samurai series of all time. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple or save a mighty clan, and while the swords of some angry samurai may not cause kyoshiro much trouble, the deadly wiles of two women may be more difficult to survive. Their plot, to set fire to the oil refineries of two rich merchants and unleash a raging inferno that will hopefully burn down the edo castle. Although newer techniques are sneaking in handheld camerawork, tinted flashbacks the overall style of the pictures emphasizes traditional pictorial values, with graphic compositions that utilize the horizontal extremes of. Sword of seduction cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
This second sleepy eyes of death animeigo box set contains movies 58 of the nemuri kyoshiro series, out of a total of 12 that raizo ichikawa made from 1963 until his early death in 1969. Baked in brooklyn 2016 stream complet vf film fran. The sword of adventure 1964 more satisfying than the first film. This third volume features 3 of my favorite movies from the raizo ichikawa run of sleepy eyes of death. The story about corrupt shogunate officials profiting off the poor. Based on a popular series of japanese novels, the sleepy eyes of death films follow a nihilist ronin named nemuri kyoshiro. Sleepy eyes of death is one of the longestrunning 12 films and bestloved samurai series of all time. The chief financial officers whose fate become entwined with kyoshiro raizo ishikawa who feels the need to protect the old man who is trying to. Like many longrunning japanese series from the 60s, the films have as much originality of plot and story as an episode of voltron. This film of the sleepyeyed ronin series sees the orphan swordsman wander into a town and stumble upon the opportunity to conduct righteous deeds.
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