Sleepy Eyes of Death is the American title of a 1960s Japanese film series that starred Ichikawa Raizo as a ronin named . The character is described as a "mysterious stranger, the samurai with the strange, sleepy eyes. His mother Japanese; his father a foreigner."[LINK: http://www.animeigo.com/Samurai/SLEEPY.t] AnimEigo, Series Introduction (December 28, 2007). He is also called "the son of the Black Mass" (because of being conceived during a Black Mass in which his mother, a noble's daughter, was raped by a fallen Western priest) and is a master of Engetsu-Sappo, "The Full Moon Cut", in which he draws a circle with his sword, slaying his opponents upon completion of the circle.[LINK: http://www.e-budokai.com/chambara/sleepyeyes.htm] Nemurai Kyoshiro at e-budokai.com (December 28, 2006) In the first film, Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: T

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