Nemuri Kyoshiro Shobu [Priced-down Reissue]

[Machine Translation] [Daiei 70th Anniversary Campaign Masterpiece Series] This year (2012) marks 70 years since the establishment of Daiei in 1942. We are releasing a series of brilliant masterpieces in the history of Japanese cinema at an affordable price! All 12 films of Raizo Ichikawa's "Sleeping Kyoshiro" series will be re-released! The highly acclaimed second film that determined the character of Kyoshiro and the direction of the series. Shiho Fujimura as the mysterious fortune teller, Miwa Takada as the innocent town girl, and Naoko Kubo as the haughty princess! Directed by Kenji Misumi, a master of period dramas at Daiei. The scene where Kyoshiro plays with the assassins in the misty midnight precincts is a fantastic scene! --Kyoshiro takes the job of guarding the accountant Asahina, whom he met at Atago Shrine. Asahina has learned of a crime committed by Takahime, the daughter of the feudal lord, and a wealthy merchant, and is being targeted by Takahime for her life. Takahime sends five swordsmen against Kyoshiro...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: interview, Daiei show business news, trailer, still

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[大映70周年記念キャンペーン 名作シリーズ] 1942年の大映設立から今年(2012年)で70年。日本映画史上、燦然と輝く名作シリーズを、お求めやすい廉価版で連続リリース! ■市川雷蔵「眠狂四郎」シリーズ全12作を再リリース! 狂四郎のキャラクターとシリーズの方向性を決定付けた評価の高い第2作目。謎の占い師に藤村志保、清純な町娘に高田美和、高慢な姫に久保奈緒子! 監督は大映時代劇を力強く牽引した名手、三隅研次。狂四郎が霧深い深夜の境内で刺客たちを翻弄する場面は幻想的な名シーン! ――狂四郎は、愛宕神社で知り合った勘定奉行の朝比奈の警護を買って出る。朝比奈は藩主の娘・高姫と豪商による犯罪を知り、高姫に命を狙われていた。高姫は狂四郎に五人の剣客を差し向ける・・・。

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