Product Details

• Actors: Raizô Ichikawa, Kyooko Azuma, Ryonosuke Azuma, Saburô Date, Hajime Etsukawa
• Directors: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
• Writers: Renzaburô Shibata, Seiji Hoshikawa
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, Widescreen, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: E1 Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: September 30, 1997
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1565672321
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #416,320 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Master swordsman Nemuri Kyoshiro, aka "The Sleepy Eyes of Death," finds himself in yet another sticky wicket following a mysterious street corner decapitation.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sleepy Eyes Of Death - Sword Of Adventure, July 1, 2000

By 

Keith Barnes (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sleepy Eyes of Death - Full Circle Killing [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Another chapter in the very popular Sleepy Eyes series finds Nemuri Kyoshiro playing bodyguard to the shogun's finance minister who has been marked for assination by some corrupt officials within the government. And nothing makes Kyoshiro madder than corruption and people with priveledge taking advantage of those beneath them. He takes a shine to the elder minister and gets him out many attempts on his life. If your experience with samurai movies is limited to Mifune characters or Zatoichi, this is a sure change of pace. Kyoshiro's dialog is sometimes sarcastic, many times funny and sometimes dark. His sword work is great, including his signature "Full Moon Cut" and he takes on more guys at once almost anyone. If you are looking for something a little different with great cinematography, excellent subtitles and great widescreen action, this film is for you.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyable, September 28, 2001

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Mark Judge (Azle, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sleepy Eyes of Death - Full Circle Killing [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I had never heard of these films until I started shopping on Amazon. I bought one out of curiosity and really enjoyed it. Kyoshiro to me is like a Japanese Clint Eastwood. I enjoyed the martial arts action as well as the story and plot in this movie.It has some great sword work and action as well as some very good acting. I'm a big fan of lone wolf and cub but I must say I found this film to be just as enjoyable if not more than the wolf and cub. Nemuri Kyoshiro is a great character and if you like martial arts movies with a good story and acting you will like this.