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Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps

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The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is called to see that a gold statuette of the Virgin Mary gets safe passage to Kyoto from the prying hands of a sect of murderous Christian ronin that call themselves the Black Finger Group.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1967-07-15

Runtime: 88 mins

Director: Kazuo Ikehiro

Spoken language: 日本語

Genres: Action, Drama

Original title: Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps

Production Companies: Daiei Film

Production Countries: Japan

Sleepy Eyes of Death Collection

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Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
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Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending t

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
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1965-01-12

Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being a

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
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Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
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The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro

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Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
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