Edo, the capital of Japan, has degenerated into a tangled web of political intrigue and personal vice. Nemuri Kyoshiro, the half-breed son of a Japanese noblewoman raped by a Christian missionary, lives only for the moment amused by the chaos that surrounds him. But those who decide to use him for their own ends soon discover that they have made a fatal error! Kyoshiro wields the fabled Musou-Masamune blade and is master of the most subtle and deadly technique in all of swordplay, the Full Moon Cut.
14 films
Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
1963
Watching
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie
1969
Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
1969
Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
1969
Kenji Misumi (Director) · Seiji Hoshikawa (Screenplay)
Raizō Ichikawa
Kōichi Aihara
San'emon Arashi
Okuzan Asao
Jun Fujikawa
Shiho Fujimura
Hajime Koshikawa
Yutaro Gomi
Yūko Hamada
Shinjirō Asano
Ryūtarō Gomi
Seishiro Hara
Yukio Horikita
Kinya Ichikawa
Tadashi Iwata
Kenichi Kagami
Yoshi Katō
Masayoshi Kikuno
Gen Kimura
Keiko Koyanagi
Naoko Kubo
Kōichi Mizuhara
Shintarō Nanjō
Jun'ichirō Narita
Matasaburô Niwa
Akira Shiga
Fujio Suga
Mitsuhiro Sugiyama
Kimiko Tachibana
Miwa Takada
Ikkei Tamaki
Akihisa Toda
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Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off her allowance. The enraged princess promptly hatches a scheme to have Asahina bumped off -- along with his protector, Kyoshiro. Shiho Fujimura also stars in this installment of the enormously popular film series.
