is a 1963 Japanese

Jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "historical drama, period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868. ''Jidaigeki'' show the lives of the samurai, farmers, crafts ...

film directed by

Tokuzō Tanaka was a Japanese film director. He is well known for directing the ''Zatoichi'' and ''Nemuri Kyōshirō'' film series. Biography Tanaka graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University. In 1948, he joined the Daiei Film, Daiei studio and started workin ...

. It was adapted from the novel ''Nemuri Kyōshirō Buraihikai'' written by

Renzaburō Shibata was a Japanese author and Sinologist. He graduated from Keio University and won the Naoki Prize in 1951 for ''Iesu no Ei'' (lit. ''Descendant of Jesus''). He is famous for ''Nemuri Kyōshirō'', a series of ''jidaigeki'' novels. He also publish ...

. It is the first film of a classic Japanese samurai film series

Nemuri Kyōshirō is a series of jidaigeki novels written by Renzaburō Shibata. The stories were originally serialized beginning in May 1956 in the ''Shūkan Shinchō''. The stories take place during the Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate and the rules of ...

Plot

*Source: 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 The was a Japanese samurai clan who occupied most of the Hokuriku region of central Honshū from the end of the Sengoku period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The Maeda claimed descent from the Sugawara clan through Sugawara no Kiyotom ...

. 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

Tomisaburo Wakayama , born Masaru Okumura (奥村勝),Leous, G. (''c.'' 2003)Tomisaburo WakayamaRetrieved on May 23, 2010. was a Japanese actor best known for playing Ogami Ittō, the scowling '' ronin'' warrior in the six ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' samurai films.Stout ...

as Chen Sun (He is a master of

Shorinji Kempo is a Japanese martial arts, Japanese martial art. The name ''Shōrinji Kempo'' is the On'yomi, Japanese reading of ''Shàolínsì Quánfǎ''. It was established in 1947 by orn a Japanese martial artist and former military intelligence ...

.) *

Tamao Nakamura (born July 12, 1939 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Her father is kabuki is a classical form of Theatre of Japan, Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with Japanese traditional dance, traditional dance. Kabuki theatre is k ...

as Chisa * Katuhiko Kobayashi as Kinpachi * Kyōko Ogimachi as Utakichi * Chitose Maki as Mojiwaka * Sawamura Sōnosuke as Maeda *

Saburo Date was a Japanese actor. In 1945, he signed a contract with Daiei Film company and started his acting career. Following year, he made his film debut with ''Okagura Kyōdai'' directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. At the same time, he was given the stage nam ...

as Zeniya Gohei

References

External links

Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman at Kadokawa/Daiei
* Jidaigeki films 1970s samurai films Daiei Film films Films directed by Tokuzō Tanaka 1960s Japanese films {{1960s-Japan-film-stub