| Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman[1] | |
| Director: | Tokuzō Tanaka |
| Screenplay: | Seiji Hoshikawa |
| Based On: | Renzaburō Shibata |
| Music: | Taichirō Kosugi |
| Cinematography: | Chikashi Makiura |
| Editing: | Hiroshi Yamada |
| Studio: | Daiei Kyoto |
| Distributor: | Daiei Film |
| Runtime: | 82 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
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]
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.