Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps (眠狂四郎無頼控　魔性の肌)

DAIEI FILM CO, LTD Presents

THE TRAIL OF TRAPS

Planning: OKUDA Hisashi Original Story: SHIBATA Renzaburo Screenplay: TAKAIWA Hajime

Photography: TAKEMURA Yasukazu Sound Recording: OTANI Iwao Lighting: MIMA Hiroshi Art Direction: SHIMOISHIZAKA Shigenori

Music: WATANABE Takeo

Cast

ICHIKAWA Raizo

WANIBUCHI Haruko NARITA Mikio

KUBO Naoko HASEGAWA Machiko KIMURA Toshie MIKIMOTO Kayo KANEKO Nobuo

INABA Yoshio GOMI Ryutaro ENDO Tatsuo UENOYAMA Koichi DATE Saburo MOURI Kuniko

Directed by IKEHIRO Kazuo

Damn it!

I almost... did it.

Be kind!

No way.

If you want me, train harder!

Oh! Welcome!

Where have you been?

I've been waiting for you.

Damn!

Hot saké?

I don't want any.

Oh...?

Take off your clothes.

In the day time?

We can sleep anytime.

Because...

Bulls-eye!

I look terrible.

It's your fault.

You want hot saké now?

I guess so.

- Hot saké please! - Yes!

I hate you.

Your face.

You seem like you don't care about women.

I see women as sexual objects.

Oh my...

I always wanted to ask you one thing.

Who is your father?

Why do you ask?

The more I look at you, the more you look like a foreigner.

What's the matter?

You've just asked about something I never discuss.

Wait!

Are you Nemuri Kyoshiro?

I'm asking you if you're Nemuri Kyoshiro.

You don't have to ask.

What?

Ever since I left my place,

the gentleman has been following me.

Then, you're ready to fight.

I don't think so.

I have a lot of enemies who seek my life.

Therefore

tell me why you want to kill me, otherwise I can't fight.

I will punish you

for all the sins you've committed in your lifetime.

That's a good reason.

However, carrying out Tenchu on me, a ronin,

is something I just can't see.

I guess you can't really tell me the reason you want to kill me.

If that's all you've got...

Punish me on Heaven's behalf some other day.

Please wait!

I must ask you a favor, as I see you are Nemuri Kyoshiro-sama.

Nemuri-dono, please forgive my rudeness in the street before.

My father must die unless you help him.

I was assigned a secret mission as a magistrate of our government

to deliver something very important to Kyoto.

In order to carry out my mission in a safe manner,

I really need your help, Nemuri-dono.

Please stop it.

You told me in the street

you were going to kill me for no personal reason.

If you only wanted to test me, that's totally absurd!

I'm not selling my skill as you seem to think I am.

Please forgive me... Please!

Then, please listen to my story...

Look at this.

This gift from Portugal was given to the leader of 1637's "Shimabara Affair",

Amakusa Shiro for political reasons.

Since then,

our section of the government has taken care of it.

However, the government decided

to send this secret treasure to Sir Madenokogi, a Kyoto aristocrat.

Since this is a totally secret decision of our government,

nobody should know.

However, a group called "Kuroyubi-to" found out about it.

Kuroyubi-to ..?

Yes.

When I led a major arrest of secret Christians, some 30 people escaped.

They went underground and formed the "Black Fingers Group".

I've heard that they swear to their god

that they'll kill me for revenge and steal this secret treasure.

In order to oppose them,

I can't think of anyone else but you, Nemuri-dono.

Please help me!

My answer is no.

Personally, I have a small reason to hate Christians.

But I can't imagine that I'd use my sword skill

to protect this Santa Maria statue.

Nemuri-dono!

There's 5 days until we leave.

Please change your mind before then!

Please forgive us!

Ever since my father got this order from the government,

his character has been completely changed by the stress.

My father would never be so rude to you if he was in his normal state.

He used to be so kind to me and my mother.

But recently he's changed completely, into a violent man.

Nemuri-sama... Please help us!

No thank you.

There's nobody here but me and the tombstones.

You're wasting your beautiful voice with nobody to listen.

Hey, who gave you permission to be a singer around here?

Nobody did...

Nobody?

Hey! You little bitch!

Don't mess up our territory with your awful squeaky voice!

It's shameful for us to get pity from our customers!

Don't you know that!

Please stop!

I'll break both your thumbs...

so you can never play the shamisen in your life!

- I see your jealousy in action. - What did you say?

I usually feel pity for ugly women when they show jealousy...

toward beautiful women.

But you're out of control...

and showing your ugliness in a pitiful way.

Please stay out of our business.

We have our rules as singers.

I can't do that.

As men, we tend to take a beautiful woman's side.

You're the ones who have to be punished because of your ugliness.

Oh. Excuse me! Are you Nemuri Kyoshiro-sama?

Oh! You are Kyoshiro-sama.

I'm so glad!

You're glad?

After three days in Edo...

I finally found you.

How did you know I'm Kyoshiro?

You're exactly like your sister.

I have a sister?

I just can't believe that.

I understand.

According to your sister,

when your mother left to become a Christian

she cut off all relations with her family.

I've nothing to do with my mother. How can I feel for a sister?

Please don't say that, and go to Kyoto to see her.

I was an orphan,

and your sister Tsuru-san took care of me until now.

Otsuru?

Your sister's name.

Otsuru-san became ill about six months ago

at the women's temple at Sawa.

Ever since then,

she keeps saying she wants to see you once before she dies.

I thought now was the time to repay her kindness.

So, without telling her, I came to Edo to find you.

Do you expect me to say "Thank you"..?

You traveled a long way. But it was a waste of your time.

Kyoshiro-sama!

Please see Otsuru-san once!

Kyoshiro-sama!

I try to avoid anything to do with my relatives.

Perhaps I hate to have relationships with family.

I could swear I cut him.

Giabo ,

please listen to us once!

Our souls are yours once our wishes come true.

Give us your great strength and power to kill Asahina Shurinosuke

and take the secret treasure statue of Maria.

How could you come back here after losing your pinky,

which is our religious symbol?

Asahina will be using Nemuri Kyoshiro as his bodyguard.

However, we must accomplish our mission,

as we are the Kuroyubi-to !

Greatest God of Hell,

please listen to us once!

"Greatest God of Hell,

"please listen to us once!"

This is the Black Finger group...

They must have found out about you.

Nemuri-dono. I'll ask you once again.

Would you please help us?

After I've successfully delivered the statue of Maria to Kyoto,

I'll give you anything you want.

Money, women... just tell me. Anything.

You said money, women, anything I want...

- Do you have anything in mind? - Yes.

This young lady...

Chisa? Do you want to marry Chisa?

No... I've decided that I'll not have a wife in this lifetime.

Therefore, I just want to have her virginity.

I guess our contract has failed then.

No. Please wait.!

Well... What are you going to do?

I accept. My duty comes first.