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Shurayuki-hime

English Title:   Lady Snowblood
Year:1973
Country:  Japan
Language:Japanese
Genre:Action, Drama, Thriller
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Rating:8.0  Rate
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DirectorToshiya Fujita
Selected CastMeiko Kaji as Yuki Kashima (Shurayuki-hime)
 Toshio Kurosawa as Ryûrei Ashio
 Masaaki Daimon as Gô Kashima
 Miyoko Akaza as Sayo Kashima


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The Complete Lady Snowblood - The Criterion Collection - USA (2016)


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Magic Marmalade
24th Sep 2024
 Rated 8/10
The movie that "inspired" Kill Bill.

(Not that Tarantino ripped it off at all, oh no, he doesn't do that... he "pays homage to...")

A child born for, and to vengeance...

...In a prison, to a mother who promptly dies after giving birth, and swearing the child to fulfil this vow of vengeance on those who killed her husband, and created the circumstances of her lifetime of incarceration.

The child, of course, grows to be "Lady Snowblood", a cool, ruthless, sword wielding angel of revenge.

All the beats, style, and look that you will recognise from later Kill Bill are here, but in the authentic 70s fashion:

Some truly beautiful photography / cinematography, transition shots, and other innovative, and stunning visuals frame the essential fountains of blood, spewing comically all over the place, yet this is a more engrossing, easier paced, slow burner of a tale of revenge, as opposed to the more frenetic Tarantino style.

The scene at the end, at a European style period ballroom dance is strongly reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's style, and I wonder if he was an influence on the moviemaking style here... it seems so.

Excellent.

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