“Nemuri Kyōshirō”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The stories take place during the Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate and the rules of Tokugawa Ienari and his successor Tokugawa Ieyoshi. They center on the title character, a sleepy-eyed rōnin, or outlaw swordsman, who is the son of a Japanese mother (the daughter of a daimyō, who commits jigaki (see "Female Ritual Suicide" in Seppuku) some time after Kyoshiro's birth) and a foreign father, and was conceived during a Black Mass (and, as a result, has a fierce hatred for what he considers the hypocrisy of Christianity).^[1]^[2]

Novels

Seven full-length novels and eight short stories in the Nemuri Kyoshirō series were published in Japan.

Full-length novels

Short stories

Adaptations

Tsuruta Kōji series (1956–1958)

"Nemuri Kyoshiro" was first played by Kōji Tsuruta in three films released by Toho:

Ichikawa Raizo series (1963–1969)

From 1963 to 1969, Ichikawa Raizo played "Nemuri Kyoshiro" in the series by Daiei Film. Animeigo released the first six films of the Daiei series on VHS and the first five on laserdisc under the title of Sleepy Eyes of Death. Animeigo later announced that it had renewed their licensing rights to the series and released a boxed set of the first four films on DVD in 2009. A second boxed set containing the next four films was released in summer 2010 (which marked the first official release on DVD in the United States of The Mask of the Princess and Sword of Villainy ). The third boxed set came out in 2013.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade (1963)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure (1964)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing (1964)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan 1965)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess (1966)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (1966)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: A Trail of Traps (1967)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman (1968)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair (1968)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969)

Matsukata Hiroki series (1969)

The role of "Nemuri Kyoshiro" was then played by Matsukata Hiroki in two more Daiei films after Ichikawa's death:

Tamura Masakazu series (1972–1973, 1989–2018)

The role of "Nemuri Kyoshiro" was then played by Tamura Masakazu in a TV Asahi series and later in five made-for-TV movie specials:

Kataoka Takao series (1982–1983)

The role of "Nemuri Kyoshiro" was then played by Kataoka Takao in two series of 50-minute episodes for TV Tokyo.^[3] The plotline of the first series takes place during the Tokugawa Ieyoshi shogunate with the Satsuma clan leading a conspiracy with 13 Western clans against the policies of Council Leader Mizuno Tadakuni; when Satsuma clansmen, believing him to be working for Mizuno, murder his friends, Kyoshiro (who despises both the shogunate and the conspirators as equally corrupt) is unwillingly caught up in events and travels to Kyoto to face the leaders of the conspiracy, followed by and assisted upon occasion by O-ran (Kayo Matsuo), a female agent of Mizuno's, and Kinpachi (Shōhei Hino), a ne'er-do-well and occasional pickpocket who's over-fond of gambling and women but with certain unusual skills.

A second series, also starring Kataoka Takao, was broadcast in 1983; this series did not have an underlying plot but consisted of individual stories taking place after Kyoshiro has returned to Edo, using the Funasen boat-inn as a temporary residence.

Other adaptations

Manga

A manga version of Nemuri Kyoshiro by Yoshihiro Yanagawa was serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch from the magazine's premier issue in 2001 to issue 43 of 2003. It was collected in ten tankōbon editions under the Bunch Comics imprint. Portions of the series were translated in the short lived English anthology Raijin Comics.

Nemuri X Gackt project

In late 2009 it was announced that Japanese singer-songwriter and actor Gackt would lend his image to a new Nemuri Kyoshiro project, starring as the eponymous protagonist, beginning with jidaigeki theatre stage play in May 2010, penned by Kundō Koyama.^[4] The play Nemuri Kyoshiro Buraihikae started on 14 May 2010 at Nissay Theatre.^[5]^[6] The show ran for 120 performances in seven cities until February 27, 2011, with an estimated 150,000 spectators.^[7] Its music director and score composer was Sugizo.^[8] The original soundtrack was released on 14 May 2010 by Gordie Entertainment,^[9] while play's DVD recording in February 2011.^[10]

Legacy

References

1. ^AnimEigo, Series Introduction (December 28, 2007).
2. ^Nemurai Kyoshiro at e-budokai.com (December 28, 2006)
3. ^https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2535044
4. ^{{cite web| url=http://career.oricon.co.jp/news/70378/full/| title=年齢不詳のGackt、遂に実年齢をカミングアウト｢来年37歳!｣| date=2009-11-05| publisher=Oricon| accessdate=November 6, 2009| language=Japanese}}
5. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/gackts-first-starring-stage-role-in-nemuri-kyoshiro| title=Gackt's first starring stage role in "Nemuri Kyoshiro"| date=2009-11-04| work=tokyograph.com| accessdate=September 12, 2010}}
6. ^{{cite web| url=http://news.walkerplus.com/2010/0402/11/| title=剣豪・眠狂四郎役でGacktが舞台初挑戦｢歴代キャストと比べてもらって構わない｣と自信| date=2010-04-02| work=news.walkerplus.com| language=Japanese}}
7. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000068007&p=0| title=Gacktの眠狂四郎、｢映画化?｣と迫られ紀里谷監督は笑顔で否| date=2011-02-28| work=barks.jp| publisher=Global Plus| accessdate=August 22, 2011| language=Japanese}}
8. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000058734| title=Sugizo、Gackt主演「眠狂四郎無頼控」で舞台音楽家デビュー| work=barks.jp| accessdate=2010-02-26| language=Japanese}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://jame-world.com/us/items-39082-nemuri-kyoushirou-buraihikae-original-soundtrack.html|title=Nemuri Kyoushirou Buraihikae Original Soundtrack|publisher=JaME World|accessdate=30 October 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_GACKT_000000000134001/item_Gackt%E7%9C%A0%E7%8B%82%E5%9B%9B%E9%83%8E%E9%97%87%E3%81%A8%E6%9C%88_3986833|title=Gackt眠狂四郎闇と月|publisher=HMV|accessdate=30 October 2018}}
11. ^http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/takahata.htm