Swordcrafting stories are always cool, but Blue Eye Samurai pushes the idea into new territory

Swordcrafting stories are always cool, but Blue Eye Samurai pushes the idea into new territory

In Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 movie Kill Bill: Volume 1, vengeful assassin The Bride (Uma Thurman) seeks a sword from the legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzō (Sonny Chiba). “I need Japanese steel,” she says. “I have vermin to kill.” Hanzō has sworn off making instruments of death, but when he learns the vermin is his former student Bill (David Carradine), he consents to forge her a new sword. It is his finest work. The Bride accepts the beautiful w…