Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman

Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman (眠狂四郎 殺法帖, Nemuri Kyōshirō Sappōchō) is a 1963 Japanese Jidaigeki film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.^[2][3] It was adapted from the novel Nemuri Kyōshirō Buraihikai written by Renzaburō Shibata.^[4] It is the first film of a classic Japanese samurai film series Nemuri Kyōshirō.^[5][6][7]

Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman[1]
Directed by	Tokuzō Tanaka
Screenplay by	Seiji Hoshikawa
Based on	Renzaburō Shibata
Starring	Ichikawa Raizō Tomisaburo Wakayama Tamao Nakamura
Cinematography	Chikashi Makiura
Edited by	Hiroshi Yamada
Music by	Taichirō Kosugi
Production company	Daiei Kyoto
Distributed by	Daiei Film
Release date	November 2, 1963 (1963-11-02) (Japan)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

• Source:^[8][9][10]

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^[11]
• Tomisaburo Wakayama as Chen Sun (He is a master of Shorinji Kempo.^[10])
• 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