Product Details

• Actors: Raizô Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Shinobu Araki, Saburô Date, Jun Fujikawa
• Directors: Tokuzô Tanaka
• Writers: Renzaburô Shibata, Seiji Hoshikawa
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: E1 Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: January 28, 1997
• Run Time: 82 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304276656
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,659 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Chinese Jade holds the key to the mystery surrounding the rivalry between two bitter clans, but young Nemuri Kyoshiro must interview a dead man to find it! First in the SLEEPY EYES OF DEATH series. Includes graphic violence and nudity.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, July 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sleepy Eyes of Death - The Chinese Jade [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Well I thought it was pretty good, and I'm a fan of the genre too. Nowhere near as good as any of the Kurosawa films like Yojimbo and Sanjuro but better than most of the Baby Cart films.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If you watch this, you too will have Sleepy Eyes, January 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sleepy Eyes of Death - The Chinese Jade [VHS] (VHS Tape)

. If you're expecting a dark, antihero samurai drama like the premise suggests, you will be sorely disappointed. Although the basic plot is potentially interesting, the dialogue is contrived, the acting is extremely overdone, the sets are amateuristic, and the action sequences are slow and stagey. It's like a bad TV episode. I am a big fan of the genre, but I could not sit through this film in its entirety.