A drunken samurai, a stolen Virgin Mary, and a cult of killer Christians walk into Edo...
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.
Acting
Raizō Ichikawa's sleepy-eyed charisma is criminal levels of cool.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched compositions that would make Kurosawa jealous.
Direction
Ikehiro stages religious iconography like exploitation art.
Director
Kazuo Ikehiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Hidden Christians' subplot references real Kakure Kirishitan persecution history, weaponized here for pulp thrills.
This is the only Nemuri film with overt Catholic iconography—Daiei was testing if religious controversy boosted international sales.
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