Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman (眠狂四郎女地獄)

DAIEI FILMS, LTD Presents

THE RONIN CALLED NEMURI

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

Cinematography by: MORITA Fujiro Sound Recordist: KAIHARA Yukio

Lighting by: NAKAOKA Genken Art Direction by: NAITO Akira

Music by: WATANABE Takeo Film Editor: YAMADA Hiroshi

Cast

ICHIKAWA Raizo

TAMURA Takahiro ITO Yunosuke

TAKADA Miwa MIZUTANI Yoshie OZAWA Eitaro

ABE Toru NAGISA Mayumi

MIKIMOTO Kayo SHIMEGI Shigako

Directed by: TANAKA Tokuzo

- That's it! - Yes.

Withdraw! Withdraw!

From the Saeki Clan... I'm Tadokoro Genjiro...

Please...

take this to Chamberlain... Horii Unemenosho-sama.

The letter that your people took was a fake.

I don't care about the letter.

I did what I was paid for.

If you have the real letter,

you should bring it to Chamberlain Inada Geki of the Saeki clan.

You'll get money, a job, anything you want.

I don't want anything at all.

I see you have extraordinary skill.

We'll meet again.

What is this!

The letter is a fake!

A fake? How do you know that?

The ronin said so...

Ronin? Who is that?

I don't know his name.

But he has excellent sword skill.

Are you sure that he has the real letter?

Maybe.

Knowing that, how could you come back here?

"Kill Tadokoro Genjiro."

That's all you told me.

Find the real letter!

Unemenosho will make a move, too.

Do it as quickly as possible!

He killed Tadokoro...

and buried him, too?

Yes.

What a twisted ronin!

What is his name?

- He said Naruse Tatsuma. - Naruse Tatsuma?

It may not be his real name.

He's the one who took the letter.

No, the other ronin took it.

What? The other ronin?

Be quiet!

Give me the money!

Here we go!

I see...

You really look different to be siblings.

But I feel safe because of my younger brother.

Sis! How many ri to the town of Saeki Castle?

About 20 ri.

- Are you going to Saeki? - Yes.

I have to see somebody over there.

Thank you very much!

Oh, you ate them all already!

Yes, I'm full.

Let's go, Sis!

Kid, protect your sister. Alright?

Yes!

Thank you very much for everything.

Thank you, mister!

Wait!

Take this.

How beautiful!

Wow! You look so pretty!

There.

Well...

It must be very expensive.

Don't worry about it. You're worthy of having it.

Sis! Take it.

- I'll accept your gift, then. - Good.

Thank you!

- Sayonara! - Sayonara!

Samurai-san, thank you very much!

Sayonara! Sayonara!

Sayonara!

I've been waiting for you without your permission.

Please forgive my rudeness.

I'm very used to rude ambush attacks.

I've been waiting to have you kill my enemy.

Please... Please help me!

Please do it for the sake of my brother.

I can't do it.

I kill people who would otherwise kill me.

Killing someone as a favor to someone is not acceptable.

My brother was an acquaintance of yours.

Tadokoro Genjiro was his name.

You're Tadokoro Genjiro's sister.

It must have been fate for him to have met you.

Nemuri-sama...! Please...!

You really want me to kill your enemy?

Yes.

Will you do anything to kill your enemy?

Yes!

Then, I'll need to have your body.

It's up to you to decide,

since you brought up this business.

Will you kill Naruse Tatsuma?

The ronin's name is Naruse Tatsuma?

Don't you regret losing the virginity you've been protecting...

until today?

Anything for my brother.

How about for money?

Your body can't lie about whether you've known men before or not!

Pretending to be an innocent sister of Tadakoro Genjiro,

but you must be a cheap actress!

You can memorize lines for acting on stage,

but you can't hide your true identity as a cheap actress!

The cheap show is finished!

Trying to use me saying you need an Adauchi (Revenge)...

It was a bad plot!

Please go home.

I asked you to go home.

I sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart;

you're right about everything.

However, we desperately need your help.

I refuse.

Otherwise,

we'll have to commit Hara Kiri in order to show our loyalty.

Yes.

We're working with Chamberlain Horii Unemenosho-dono to protect

the Saeki Clan of 140,000 koku,

from co-Chamberlain Inada Geki, who is rebelling against our government.

If we had gotten there earlier,

Tadokoro Genjiro would still be alive.

Please listen to us! If we don't act now,

Inada Geki will try to take over our clan!

Nemuri-dono! Please! Please help us!

I have no intention of helping anybody.

But I'll say this one thing.

The letter the ronin took from Tadokoro-dono was a fake.

Then, you have the real letter?

I don't have it.

- Where is it? - I don't know.

But I'm sure that Chamberlain Inada Geki doesn't have it.

Well, two street performers.

The girl is about seventeen and the boy is about eight.

Oh yes. They came by a little after noon.

After noon?

Did they do something to bother you?

Oh, no. I'm the one who might have created a problem.

Oh... Welcome!

- Saké! - Yes.

Wait!

How long does it take to get to the town of Saeki Castle?

It's about 15 ri.

Fifteen ri...? Then, I'll have dinner.

I'm afraid I don't have any decent fare here.

Decent fare? I don't need it.

Pickled vegetables and a lot of rice.

Yes.

What an excellent sword you have.

But...

But it has a design of a very dark spirit.

That's right.

It can't help but bring misfortune to the sword's owner.

Yes. I know that.

By the way, are you going to Saeki Castle town?

No.

The Saeki Clan lord, Echigo-no-kami is bedridden with a terrible illness.

Because of this,

two principal retainers are fighting over the shift in power...

and making the whole clan shake from its roots.

For ronin like us, don't you think

this is the perfect opportunity?

One is the Chamberlain Inada Geki,

the other is Chamberlain Horii Unemenosho.

There's no telling who'll be the winner in the end.

But I'll support Unemenosho.

See, I even have a letter for him.

Thank you for waiting.

If you want to, I don't mind adding your name to this letter.

Do you mind if I join you?

Where are you going?

I don't know...

Where are you going?

I'm in a hurry... Your lame foot is inconveniencing me.

Hey! Hold on! Do you hear me?

My brother...

is trying to kill our father...

What? Your brother kill your father?

Don't let him...

Please...

What's your brother's name? What is his name?

Na...

"CHIKA"

"Princess Sayo has escaped from Edo Castle...

"She is headed toward her home town...

"See to this matter."

What a poor girl... Who was she?

She was just a street performer.