A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is busy knocking off the shogun's lawful heirs to secure the shogunate for her son.
Released: May 23, 1964
Runtime: 86 minutes
Stars: Raizō Ichikawa, Kyooko Azuma, Hajime Koshikawa, Jun Fujikawa, Takatsugu Fukui, Yūko Hamada
Crew: Kimiyoshi Yasuda (Director), Seiji Hoshikawa (Screenplay), Ichirō Saitō (Original Music Composer), Chikashi Makiura (Director of Photography), Toshio Taniguchi (Editor), Yoshinobu Nishioka (Art Direction)