Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman

Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman (Nemuri Kyōshirō Sappōchō) is a 1963 Japanese Jidaigeki film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka. It was adapted from the novel Nemuri Kyōshirō Buraihikai written by Renzaburō Shibata. It is the first film of a classic Japanese samurai film series Nemuri Kyōshirō.

Plot

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Nemuri Kyōshirō is a mixed-blood swordsman. One day, Kyōshirō is attacked by Ninja on his way to a riverside tea-house. A few days later, Kyōshirō has a visit from Chisa, who serves the Kaga Maeda clan. She asks Kyōshirō to protect her from a Chinese man named Chen Sun. Kyōshirō accept her request. However Kyōshirō later hears a surprising fact from Chen Sun.

Cast

 * Ichikawa Raizō as Nemuri Kyōshirō
 * Tomisaburo Wakayama as Chen Sun (He is a master of Shorinji Kempo. )
 * Tamao Nakamura as Chisa
 * Katuhiko Kobayashi as Kinpachi
 * Kyōko Ogimachi as Utakichi
 * Chitose Maki as Mojiwaka
 * Sawamura Sōnosuke as Maeda
 * Saburo Date as Zeniya Gohei