© 2000 Lawrence Tuczynski
| Title: | Nemuri Kyoshiro Anthology Vol. 2 |
| Also known as: | KYOUSHIROU NEMURI MUSIC COLLECTION: LAST VOLUME |
| CD Label: | King Records |
| CD Number: | KICA 3027 |
| Music by: | Various |
| Number of tracks: | 49 |
| Running time: | 73:08 |
| Number of discs: | 1 |
| Year of release/manufacture: | 1998 |
| REVIEW | September 17, 2000 Koji Tsuruta who was known as the actor Nemuri Kyoshiro was born on December 6, 1924 in Shizuoka, Japan. The IMdB lists him as starring in at least 18 films and he was probably in many more. Kyoshiro means "deranged fellow", while Nemuri means "sleepy", reflecting his blasé attitude towards life, and his cynical and cold posture toward others. Based on what info I could find, the tracks on this CD could have been composed by a combination of the following three composers: 1. Taichiro Kosugi who scored the 1966 movie "Enter Kyoshiro: The Swordsman". 2. Akira Ifukube who scored a 1967 film in the series. 3. Ichiro Saito who scored films in 1966 & 1967 in the series and is known for his sad sounding music. Unlike Vol. 1 of this series, there is very little here on Vol. 2 that could be described as action music. Most of the music on this CD is slow, sad music or mid tempo suspense music. A lot of the music on this CD features flute music or has a lot of horns in it. A few tracks were even reminiscent of the style of Masaru Satoh. Several tracks even sounded somewhat like laid back Mexican music. Track # 25 features a female vocal. Overall this is not a bad CD but almost the complete opposite in style of what was on Vol. 1. Unfortunately the track titles won't tell us much about this music because like most of the track listings on this series of CD's they are only numbers and not actual titles. |
English Title: Nemuri Kyoshiro Anthology Vol. 2 (KYOUSHIROU NEMURI MUSIC COLLECTION: LAST VOLUME) Translation courtesy of John Cassidy (Daijirou Ryuusei) From KYOUSHIROU NEMURI: THE VILLAIN'S SWORD (1966) (Chapter 8) Akira Ifukube 1.) DB1A (Daiei Mark ~ Main Title) 2.) DB5 (Burning Sake ~ Shishi Gyouhei's Woman) 3.) DB12-I (Ooshio's Rebellion) 4.) DB15 (The Yahiko House and the Monji House ~ The Dark Oil Fire) 5.) DB21 (The Aizome Faction's Conspiracy) 6.) DB28 (Kyoushirou Fell Into A Trap) 7.) DB33A (Showdown - The Two Engetsu* Killing Methods ~ Ending) From KYOUSHIROU NEMURI: THE VILLAIN'S DEVILISH LAIR (1967) (Chapter 9) Takeo Watanabe 8.) DB1 (Daiei Mark ~ Main Title) 9.) DB2 (Ritual Of The Black Mass) 10.) DB6 (Shirou Amakusa's Treasure ~ Kyoushirou And Chisa) 11.) DB10 (Assassin ~ The Strange Black Finger Faction) 12.) DB16 (Transporting The Maria Statue ~ The Black Finger Faction's Attack) 13.) DB32 (Moonlit Night - Kyoushirou And Chisa ~ Journeying Skies ~ Oen) 14.) DB33 (Kyoushirou Runs To The Capital ~ Oen's Death ~ A Trap) 15.) DB36A (Nobe's Funeral ~ Ending) From KYOUSHIROU NEMURI: WOMAN HELL (1968) (Chapter 10) Takeo Watanabe 16.) DB1 (Daiei Mark - Main Title) 17.) DB2-M3 (The Crimson Hand Grabs ~ Kyoushirou And Tatsuma Naruse) 18.) DB8 (To Saeki Castle Land) 19.) DB23 (The Engetsu Killing Method - Kyoushirou Vs. Tatsuma Naruse) 20.) DB32 (Kyoushirou And Osono ~ Poisonous Snake ~ Challenge) 21.) DB36 (The Killing Crowd - Unemenoshou Attacks) 22.) DB37 (Kyoushirou And Jinnai ~ Tatsuma's Final Moment) 23.) DB38 (Ending - Kyoushirou Leaves) From KYOUSHIROU NEMURI: THE FLESH SPIDER (1968) (Chapter 11) Michiaki Watanabe 24.) DB1 (Daiei Mark) 25.) DB2 (Main Title) 26.) DB3 (Princess Murasaki Goes Into A Riot) 27.) DB8 (Child Of Destiny - Heigo Kuzushi ~ The Abominable Black Mass) 28.) DB12 (Within The Purple-Colored Room - Kyoushirou And Princess Murasaki) 29.) DB22 (The Hooded Woman) 30.) DB25 (Kyoushirou Desperate) 31.) DB33 (Sieged Kyoushirou ~ Kyoushirou's Great Sword Battle) 32.) DB40-RO (The Engetsu Killing Method - Kyoushirou Vs. Ietake Domon) 33.) DB40 (Princess Murasaki Vanished In The Flames) 34.) DB41 (Ending) From KYOUSHIROU NEMURI: HUNTING THE WICKED WOMAN (1969) (Chapter 12 - Final) Takeo Watanabe 35.) DB1 (Daiei Mark ~ Main Title ~ Edo Castle - Harem 36.) DB3 (The Fake Kyoushirou Appears) 37.) DB9-M7 (Kyoushirou And Saya - In Hakaba) 38.) DB11 (Shunma Kawaguchi's Secret) 39.) DB25 (The Fake Kyoushirou's True Form) 40.) DB26-M18 (The Christian Siege Net) 41.) DB26-M19 (Saya's Death) 42.) DB28 (Challenge) 43.) DB29-M21 (Showdown - Kyoushirou Nemuri Vs. Shunma Kawaguchi) 44.) DB29-M22 (Ending - Farewell, Kyoushirou Nemuri) BONUS TRACKS From KYOUSHIROU NEMURI: ENGETSU KILLING METHOD Daiichirou Kosugi 45.) DB TOP (Daiei Mark) 46.) DB4A (Main Title) From KYOUSHIROU NEMURI: SLASH THE SWASTIKA Takeo Watanabe 47.) DB1 (Daiei Mark) 48.) DB1-I (Main Title) Daiei Films KYOUSHIROU NEMURI SERIES Theme Song 49.) The Song of Kyoushirou Nemuri Sung by Hiroki Matsukata Daiei Recording Orchestra Lyrics: Renzaburou Shibata Music: Koumei Sone Arrangement: Kou Ikeda NOTES: - "Engetsu" = "Round Moon" - Sadly, seven months after KYOUSHIROU NEMURI: HUNTING THE WICKED WOMAN was released early in 1969, the film series' star, Raizou Ichikawa, died of cancer. He was nearly 38 years old. |