Lady Snowblood / Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (DVD & Blu-Ray) ( Shurayukihime / Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga ) ( Lady Snow blood / Lady Snow blood Two )

Lady Snowblood / Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Shurayukihime / Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga
Alternate Title: Lady Snow blood / Lady Snow blood Two
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Japanese ( Dolby Linear PCM )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
186 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1973 - 1974 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Toshiya Fujita

Written By:
Kazuo Kamimura
Kazuo Koike

Actors:
Meiko Kaji ..... Yuki Kashima (Shurayuki-hime)
Toshio Kurosawa ..... Ryûrei Ashio
Masaaki Daimon ..... Gô 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
Sanae Nakahara ..... Kitahama, Okono
Hôsei Komatsu ..... Genzô Shibayama
Makoto Matsuzaki ..... Daikashi
Hiroshi Hasegawa ..... Daihachi Kachime
Takehiko Ono
Meiko Kaji ..... Shurayuki-hime (Yuki Kashima)
Jûzô Itami ..... Ransui Tokunaga
Kazuko Yoshiyuki ..... Aya Tokunaga
Yoshio Harada ..... Shusuke Tokunaga
Shin Kishida ..... Seishiro Kikui
Tôru Abe ..... Terauchi Kendo
Rin'ichi Yamamoto ..... Inspector Maruyama
Kôji Nanbara ..... Toad
Shosuke Hirose ..... Shiba Yutaro
Shunsuke Mizoguchi ..... Sekiguchi Eizo
Akira Hamada ..... Okada Takichi
Hiroshi Ishiya ..... Yoshizawa
Mizuho Suzuki ..... Narrator
Shôichi Hirose

Synopsis:

Lady Snowblood (1973)
A DEMON OF VENGEANCE UNLEASHES A TORRENT OF CRIMSON HELL! From the original manga by Kasuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub) and the main inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Lady Snowblood is a blood spattered Samurai masterpiece from the golden age of Japanese cult cinema! Meiko Kaji (Female Prisoner Scorpion / Blind Woman's Curse) is Yuki, a women raised from birth for one terrible, blood splattered purpose... To murder those who raped her mother and left her to rot in a stinking women's prison, where she died in childbirth. Trained in deadly fighting arts and fatal sword play, Lady Snowblood is cursed to wander the lands in pursuit of her single purpose. She is a demon of vengeance, only sated by the crimson blood of those who stole her mother from her.

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Then, in the exciting sequel - Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance - Yuki is caught up in the corrupt and murderous world of politics as she is co-opted into spying by the head of the secret police against anarchists and enemies of the status quo. Expect more outrageous revenge and fountains of blood.

Lady Snowblood (1973)
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Though she dies in childbirth, she makes sure that the child will be raised as an assassin to kill the criminals who destroyed her family. Young Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Lady Snowblood (Shurayuki-hime) is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes (in Lady Snowblood I). As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 06 October, 2012.

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