Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie

Jan 11, 1969

1h 22m

★ 4.8

Overview

Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit will take him along a twisted trail that involves the Shogun's harem, hidden Christians, and positively pregnant politics!

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Cast

Nemuri Kyoshiro

Raizō Ichikawa

Shiho Fujimura

Yukiji Asaoka

Shinjirō Ehara

Naoko Kubo

Machiko Hasegawa

Kayo Matsuo

Hideko Yoshida

Asao Koike

A young samurai stuck at the bottom of the hierarchical order attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart from an evil clan lord after learning of a plot to kill her and her infant child. Bunshiro Maki is a skilled swordfighter who's lethal with a blade, yet still can't rise through the ranks of the system. After his father is accused of plotting against his clan and forced to commit ritual suicide, his longtime love Fuku is sent to Edo to become the clan lord's concubine. A few years later, Fuku has bore the clan lord a son. When Maki learns that the clan has hatched a plan to kill Fuku and her son to secure succession to the throne, he recruits two childhood friends to help thwart the diabolical plot.

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