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Satsuo Yamamoto - The Bride from Hades (1968)

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LADY SNOWBLOOD

Japanese sword swaggering samurai movies have fascinated me since my late teens. I am now 75, and I state my age for context, but as much as enjoy these movies, they have always baffled me. Vengeance, it seems (to me), is an obligation of honor, particularly pronounced in the two flicks I am presenting to you now. The movies are good, not exceptional, however. Another item I enjoy about these films are women sanarais. The way they carry themselves in general, in undulating kimono while swaying the katana, seems poetic to me, it gives these movies another intrinsic character.

I recommend both movies that I have brought to you in this blog, but only if you are a fan. Movies are English subtitled and you have to have knack for this type of watching and film.

Lady Snowblood is a 1973 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Toshiya Fujita and starring Meiko Kaji. Based on the manga series of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura.

The film recounts the tale of Yuki (Kaji), a woman who seeks vengeance upon three of the people who raped her mother and killed her half brother. The film's narrative is told out of chronological order, jumping between present and past events. Alongside Kaji, the film's cast includes Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimonm, Miyoko Akaza, and Kō Nishimura. Lady Snowblood (film) - Wikipedia

IMdB: 7'6 ACTION / CRIME / DRAMA DURATION: 1h 37min

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Lady Snowblood (1973) spawned a sequel, Love Song of Vengeance (1974), that follows.

Lady Snowblood served as a major inspiration for the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill and its lead character, The Bride.

THE SEQUEL

Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance is a 1974 Japanese film directed by Toshiya Fujita and starring Meiko Kaji. It is a sequel to the 1973 film Lady Snowblood, itself an adaptation of the manga series of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura. Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance - Wikipedia

IMdB: 6'3 DRAMA / SUSPENSE DURATION: 1h 29min

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Following is the link to the comic that you can see on line:

LINK: Lady Snowblood chapter 1 - Read Manga Online (mangafire.to)

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Affair in the Snow | Yoshishige Yoshida | 1968

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Lady Snowblood

directed by Toshiya Fujita, 1973

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The Island Closest to Heaven (1984)

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Miyoko Akaza and Kumiko Akiyoshi in Kawaii Akuma (1982) dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cinematography: Shigekazu Nagano

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Lady Snowblood (1973)

Directed by Toshiya Fujita

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WATCHING

Finally watching this after almost 2 years on my shelf because of so many problems taking up so much time in my life.

It's so good. It's as good as I hoped and knew it would be!

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Lady Snowblood (1973)

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Lady Snowblood (1973)

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Satsuo Yamamoto - The Bride from Hades (1968)

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Lady Snowblood - Toshiya Fujita 1973

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Confession, Theory, Actress | Yoshishige Yoshida | 1971

AKA Confessions Among Actresses

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Meiko Kaji in Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita, 1973) Cast: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Ko Nishimura, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Eiji Okada,  Sanae Nakahara, Noboru Nakaya. Screenplay: Norio Osada, Kazuo Kamimura, Kazuo Koike. Cinematography: Masaki Tamura. Production design: Kazuo Satsuya. Film editing: Osamu Inoue. Music: Masaaki Hirao. An often fascinating, often grisly tale, based on a popular manga, of a woman not only born but conceived to take revenge for her mother's rape and her family's murder. Among other things, it's an acknowledged source for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003).

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Miyoko Akaza in Kawaii Akuma (1982) dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cinematography: Shigekazu Nagano

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LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973) – Episode 172 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

“You’ve made an unbreakable vow. In the name of vengeance, you must foreswear all human emotions, all love and hate, everything.” Your basic all-inclusive vow, then? Got it. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out the major influence for Tarantino’s Kill Bill Duology, Lady Snowblood(1973).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 172 – Lady Snowblood (1973)

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Synopsis: A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family

Director: Toshiya Fujita

Writers: Norio Osada (screenplay); Kazuo Kamimura (manga illustrator) & Kazuo Koike (manga writer)

Cinematographer: Masaki Tamura

Selected cast:

Meiko Kaji as Yuki Kashima (“Lady Snowblood”)

Mayumi Maemura as young Yuki

Kō Nishimura as Dōkai the priest

Toshio Kurosawa as Ryūrei Ashio

Masaaki Daimon as Gō Kashima

Miyoko Akaza as Sayo Kashima

Eiji Okada as Gishirō Tsukamoto

Sanae Nakahara as Okono Kitahama

Noboru Nakaya as Banzō Takemura

Takeo Chii as Shokei Tokuichi

Hitoshi Takagi as Matsuemon

Akemi Negishi as Tajire no Okiku

Yoshiko Nakada as Kobue Takemura

Rinichi Yamamoto as Maruyama

Lady Snowblood, the horror-adjacent inspiration for Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) & Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), is Jeff’s pick and he loves this movie, describing it as a visual feast with a non-traditional story structure incorporating Japanese culture and history. It is so much fun!

Seeing Lady Snowblood for the first time with excellent visual quality, Bill is completely absorbed in the film. He was already familiar with the lead actress, Meiko Kaji, from Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), which he also loved, and he loves her performance. It’s the kind of performance the viewer can read a lot into. He describes the character and Kaji’s performance as a female version of Clint Eastwood’s “man with no name.”

This is Doc’s first time watching Lady Snowblood and he falls in love with the movie. The simple story with an interesting structure, amazing sound effects, plenty of gore for the gorehounds out there, and the great screen presence of the lead actress all contribute to him cherishing every moment of Lady Snowblood.

You’ve probably guessed by now that the Decades of Horror 70s Grue Crew heartily recommend Lady Snowblood. At the time of this writing, it is available to stream from HBOmax, the Criterion Channel, and various PPV sources. In terms of physical media, it is available in The Complete Lady Snowblood (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray], which also includes Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974). And if you are as infatuated with the acting of Meiko Kaji, you might want to check out her Female Prisoner series  – Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972), Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973), and Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701’s Grudge Song (1973) – all of which are currently available to stream from Shudder.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule, chosen by Bill, will be The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973. Ray Harryhausen, Caroline Munro, John Phillip Law, Takis Emmanuel, Tom Baker, Robert Shaw, and the usual assortment of stop-motion animation creatures? Oh yeah!

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