He’s part James Dean and part Clint Eastwood, with a big dose of Steve McQueen thrown in for good measure. And he lets his killer samurai sword do the talking. If you are unfamiliar with the legend of the nihilistic ronin Nemuri Kyoshiro, payed by Raizo Ichikawa, then do your self a favor and pick up a copy of Sleepy Eyes of Death Volume 1 and watch it before you settle in for Volume 2. Although each of the movies in either set stand on their own as great samurai adventures, the real joy of watching any of the Sleep Eyes films is watching Ichikawa’s ultimate cool character as he wanders around feudal Japan reluctantly getting involved in fights that he wins using his signature style, the Full-Moon-Cut, while delivering some of the best action hero dialog ever written in any language.
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