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Gory revenge is raised to the level of visual poetry in Toshiya Fujita’s stunning Lady Snowblood. A major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill saga, this endlessly inventive film, set in late nineteenth-century Japan, charts the single-minded path of vengeance taken by a young woman (Meiko Kaji) whose parents were the unfortunate victims of a gang of brutal criminals. Fujita creates a wildly entertaining action film of remarkable craft, an effortless balancing act between beauty and violence.
Original Release
12/01/1973
US Release
03/22/1974
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Meiko Kaji | Yuki Kashima (Shurayuki-hime) / Yuki Kashima |
Toshio Kurosawa | Ryûrei Ashio / Ryūrei Ashio |
Masaaki Daimon | Gô Kashima / Gō Kashima |
Miyoko Akaza | Sayo Kashima |
Shinichi Uchida | Shirô Kashima |
Takeo Chii | Tokuichi Shôkei |
Noboru Nakaya | Banzô Takemura |
Yoshiko Nakada | Kobue Takemura |
Akemi Negishi | Tajire no Okiku |
Kaoru Kusuda | Otora Mikazuki / Tora Kobayashi |
Directors
Writers
Kazuo Kamimura, Kazuo Koike, Norio Osada
Cast
Name | Character |
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Meiko Kaji | Yuki Kashima (Shurayuki-hime) / Yuki Kashima |
Toshio Kurosawa | Ryûrei Ashio / Ryūrei Ashio |
Masaaki Daimon | Gô Kashima / Gō Kashima |
Miyoko Akaza | Sayo Kashima |
Shinichi Uchida | Shirô Kashima |
Takeo Chii | Tokuichi Shôkei |
Noboru Nakaya | Banzô Takemura |
Yoshiko Nakada | Kobue Takemura |
Akemi Negishi | Tajire no Okiku |
Kaoru Kusuda | Otora Mikazuki / Tora Kobayashi |
Sanae Nakahara | Kitahama, Okono / Okono Kitahama |
Hôsei Komatsu | Genzô Shibayama |
Makoto Matsuzaki | Daikashi |
Hiroshi Hasegawa | Daihachi Kachime |
Takehiko Ono | (as Susumu Kuroki) |
Hitoshi Takagi | Matsuemon |
Mayumi Maemura | Young Yuki |
Kenji Ôkura | Henchman |
Ichiro Kijima | |
Shôichi Hirose |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert J. Woodhead | Executive Producer |
Kikumaru Okuda | Executive Producer |
Kikumaru Okuda | Producer |