Nemuri Kyoshiro 4: Joyoken (1964)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Kazuo Ikehiro

Writers:

Kimiyoshi Hoshikawa (writer)
Renzaburô Shibata (novel)

Release Date:

17 October 1964 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Fourth Part | Sequel | Samurai | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Raizô Ichikawa	...	Nemuri Kyoshiro
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michiko Ai
Akira Amemiya
Shinjirô Asano
Saburo Date
Hajime Etsukawa
Jun Fujikawa
Shiho Fujimura
Takaji Fukui
Yuuji Hamada
Jun Hamamura
Masumi Harukawa
Yoshio Inaba
Gen Kimura
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Baichû Kû
Naoko Kubo
Inako Maehata
Koichi Mizuhara
Ikuko Môri
Ichirô Nakaya
Shintarô Nanjô
Akemi Negishi
Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Tokio Oki
Varga Rasmussen
Shôsaku Sugiyama
Chizuko Takamori
Kazue Tamaoki
Kazuko Taniguchi
Yûsaku Terajima
Masako Tomura
Tomisaburo Wakayama	...	Chen Sun (as Jyo Kenzaburo)

Also Known As:

Kyoshiro Nemuri at Bay
Nemuri Kyoshiro: The Passionate Sword
Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Seduction

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Movie Connections:

Followed by Nemuri Kyoshiro 8: Burai-ken (1966)

Now i understand why Nemury Kyoshiro was well known in Japan

Many directors say they are influence by Nemury Kyoshiro series. they always said it's a violent series, very dark and symbolic. But when i watch the 3 first, i just dont understand how they can say that.

But with this one, i understand. This movie was disturbing and very violent for the time it was made. Nemury deal with religion, hypocrite, greedy people and lunatics aristocrats. The villains are sadistic and the heroes kill without problem.

This movie set the path for the bloody chanbara of the 70's like Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood or Henzo The Blade.