| Lady Snowblood | 
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Sales Rank: 13316
Category: DVD
Actors: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Publisher: ANIMEIGO
Studio: ANIMEIGO
Manufacturer: ANIMEIGO
Label: ANIMEIGO
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 97 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 519
ISBN: 156567412X
UPC: 737187005190
EAN: 9781565674127
ASIN: B0001I54U2
Release Date: May 11, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
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A flamboyantly blood-spattered samurai revenge picture with a twist: the implacable seeker of retribution is a slender female (Meiko Kaji) with a flawless ivory complexion and a dead-center killer stare. Born in prison, Snowblood is raised by a martial priest and trained to fulfill a single purpose: tracking down, and dismembering (or bisecting), the four cackling fiends who killed her father and persecuted her mother to an early grave. Adapted from another manga comic book written by Kasuo Koike, whose most famous work became the legendary Lone Wolf and Cub film series, this 1973 programmer stays close to its pulp-paper roots: images from the comics are deployed in a couple of montage sequences, and the story is divided into four chapters drawn from the monthly manga installments. Stalwart leading man Toshio Kurasawa plays a crusading journalist who writes a series of Japanese dime novels based on Snowblood's exploits, and manages to flush out a couple of the evildoers in the process. --David Chute
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 Awesome Movie April 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
You can definitely tell how Kill Bill was inspired by this movie but it is so much more. Sleek fight scenes make this movie even better!
 a very elementary screenplay May 24, 2007
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
this revenge movie copied a lot of ideas from dumas' novol only changed it with a female character. it's with a loose and even a bit simple-minded comic book like storyline. since it's titled with a word of 'blood', the whole movie was full of red blood. the directing of this movie was very primitive too.
We get to see the work from the originators, not the imitators. May 18, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
For such an old film Lady Snowblood doesn't seem very old fashioned. It's a tale of revenge which is very bloody and if the story seems tired, it's actually told in a fairly original way. Told in chapters (like Kill Bill) these story moves at a slow pace but you know each small part will have it's own climax - so there's never to long to wait before a new development.
The film also incorporates an extended scene where the story is told via illustrations (the story is based on a bestselling manga, and this is a technique which is also `borrowed' by Kill Bill, albeit in an animated style) and it's with this mixture of storytelling techniques that the film seems quicker and more lively than it actually is. This is of course a good thing. The lovely Kaji Meiko plays Yuki, otherwise known as Lady Snowblood, otherwise known as the crazy woman out for revenge. For the most part Yuki's un-expressive face manages to reflect all kinds of anger as well as a real sadness. Watching her facial expressions really translates this sense of untrust. The film looks amazing, contrasting all sorts of wide camera shots with close-ups, incorporating the landscape as well as close-ups of faces and with the added use of the weather (she isn't called Snowblood for nothing), Lady Snowblood pulls you into its narrative.
Again, Tarantino nicked some of the framing ideas and compositions of shots, and you can hardly blame him because they're so effective. For an example of this, simply see the scene where the group is looking down on Yuki's mother - laughing and smirking at her - and you get a sense of the way this film works on a `back to basics' level. Lady Snowblood seems to reduce themes, character and camera shots to a primitive level, it's only flourishes are the way the story is told. The action is also handled very well - swords swing leaving gushing blood and all sorts of detached limbs - while maintaining an ironic beauty. Blood on snow (like her name) is quite beautiful, but disturbing. Despite its b-movie plot, this is a film which is full of style. Lady Snowblood is an excellent revenge-flick and all-too an obvious influence on some contemporary cinema. It's not the most subtle film, but it has a huge amount of character and is still a step above the average hack-and-slash revenge story. It's one of those films that surprises you at how good it is and almost begs for a repeat viewing.
Revenge...is a dish best served cold. April 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Brutal and graphic. The origin of Lady Snowblood and the horrors she suffers made this character into a killing machine of vengeance. One of the best vengeance type samurai movie ever made. This is the way a revenge movie should be made. It's no wonder this movie helped inspire Quinton Tarantino's Kill Bill. Watch it and see why
Might not be everybody's cup of tea.... February 7, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First off, here's a flat-out comparison between the two films. From my perspective, Shurayukihime 1 and 2 are both excellent, but they are quite a bit different. Logically, I saw Shurayukihime 1 first, and I was quite pleased. The movie was fairly fast paced, and a great plot, but still, there were a few places where it slowed down, which I didn't mind, but some people aren't very fond of it.
A few days later, I watched Shurayukihime 2, which, wasn't at all what I was expecting, but I was very pleased nonetheless. Without giving too much away, Shurayukihime 2 has a very interesting political twist, which, at first, I kind of scratched my head wondering why the sudden change from bloody revenge in the first? But as it continued, I found myself enjoying the second more kind of for it's "what?" twists and turns; Shurayukihime 2 also seemed a bit more evenly paced than the first as well.
Now, for those of you wanting to know about this vs. Kill Bill. Though there are some definite elements that Tarantino borrowed, DO NOT watch Shurayukihime 1 or 2, especially 2, and expect to see "The Original Kill Bill," THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU WILL GET. The films are completely separate. Personally, I prefer Kill Bill for it's more in-depth development, and modern over-the-top filming, but Shurayukihime 1 and 2 are more of the entertaining 70's Japanese films category. Another thing that I would note is that the fight scenes and bloodshed are not as much as Kill Bill either, these films are more revenge driven, than action driven, although, Shurayukihime 2 had a few moments in which I cringed.
I don't think I did a very good job selling it, but I enjoyed it, so, thus the review.
As for the Boxset, I think that it is worth is, you get 2 in one, though there is nothing special about the layout (ex. no bonus disk), it is nice to have them together, and at the time of my purchase, it was a better deal to get both together.
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