Sleepy Eyes Of Death
I bought the first two sets not knowing what to expect and love them so I could not wait until the third and final box set was released. Nemuri Kyoshiro, Raizo Ichikawa, is sometimes protrayed as a cold, uncaring and even maybe a cold hearted killer, but really is the oppoiste when it suits him best. He cares and only takes notice of wrong doings when they peak his interest or attack him. All movies have good acting, great scenes, action or not, and scenery. Stories are easy to follow and sometimes linked. My only gripe is why is Amazon selling the 3rd set for double the price of AnimEgo. You can save $40 buying direct from them and a free t-shirt and $10 off a $100 or more order. I also received an extra Samurai shirt from them to boot. I buy almost all my dvds from Amazon because of the great prices, but on this one so far, they dropped the ball.
The Final Boxset
The "Sleepy Eyes of Death" (Japanese title: "Nemuri Kyoshiro," or "Sleepy Kyoshiro") series is all about style over substance. Like many long-running Japanese series from the 60s, the films have as much originality of plot and story as an episode of Voltron. They rely on samurai tropes and repetitious, familiar elements to entertain the audience. And just as Voltron waits until the last second to Form Blazing Sword (Which always annoyed me as a kid. Why didn't Voltron just form the blazing sword first? Why waste all that time with the useless attacks?), you can be sure that every single film in the 12-volume "Sleepy Eyes of Death" series will end with Ichikawa Raizo showing the flat of his sword, then luring his opponent into death with the near-mystical Full Moon Cut.
Animeigo's long-awaited release of the final four films in the "Sleepy Eyes of Death" series shows why style over substance can be...
On the Short List of Must-haves for Japanese Film Fans
The Nemuri Kyoshiro films just get better and better. Not only are they incredibly well shot for 60s jidaigeki, they also feature one of the most interesting central characters. Others have gone on and on about the individual features so I won't rehash that here, but suffice it to say that if you like samurai movies, all twelve of these are must-haves.
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