Lady Snowblood. Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance / Toho Co., Ltd. ; directed by Toshiya Fujita ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; original authors, Kazuo Koike, Kazuo Kamimura ; screenplay by Norio Osada.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (97 min. & 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out guide.
Japanese dialogue ; new English subtitle translations ; new 2K digital restorations of both films, with uncompressed monaural sountracks ; new interviews with Kazuo Koike, the writer of the manga that inspired the films, and screenwriter Norio Osada ; an essay by critic Howard Hampton. Title from disc label. Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Juzo Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki. Originally released as a motion picture in 1973 (Lady snowblood) , 1974 (Lady snowblood: love song of vengeance).
Summary:
A young woman, trained from childhood as an assassin and hellbent on revenge for her father₂s murder and her mother₂s rape, hacks and slashes her way to gory satisfaction. Rampant with inventive violence and spectacularly choreographed swordplay, the influential cult classic Lady Snowblood and set in late nineteenth century Japan, is a bloody, beautiful extravaganza composed of one elegant widescreen composition.
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