Šurajukihime
Directed by:
Toshiya FujitaScreenplay:
Norio OsadaCinematography:
Masaki TamuraComposer:
Masa'aki HiraoCast:
Meiko Kaji, Kō Nishimura, Eiji Okada, Takehiko Ono, 赤座美代子, Yoshiko Nakada, 高木均, Akemi Negishi, Kai AtōVOD (2)
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Set in turn-of-the-century Japan, the samurai cult classic LADY SNOWBLOOD stars Meiko Kaji as the avenging assassin Yuki, a young woman whose father is murdered and her mother raped and imprisoned by a sadistic gang of criminals. The prison-born Yuki is trained from birth to be a ruthless martial-arts killing machine bent on exacting revenge for her family's sufferings--which she does, with bloodthirsty gusto. (official distributor synopsis)
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A beautifully structured film that you immediately realize, from the very beginning, is a clear inspiration for "Kill Bill". There are even the same scenes sometimes, literally, only with the difference that in the American film, they are not played by Japanese actors. Tarantino is not even the one who came up with the blood spurts, that was already the work of this film. It was more than just inspiration. The story itself is quite similar. "Kill Bill" is, however, more modern and action-packed. However, "Lady Snowblood" maintains a very good standard and literally enchants. The more than 40 years on it are definitely not noticeable. I wish the manga that was the source for the screenplay would be released in our country.
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