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LADY SNOWBLOOD
Japan, 1973
Directed by Toshiya Fujita
Starring Meiko Kaji, Miyoko Akaza, Akemi Negishi, Takeo Chii
Approx. 97 min. DCP.
Gory revenge is raised to the level of visual poetry in Toshiya Fujita’s stunning LADY SNOWBLOOD. A major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s KILL BILL saga, this endlessly inventive film, set in late nineteenth-century Japan, charts the single-minded path of vengeance taken by a young woman (Meiko Kaji) whose parents were the unfortunate victims of a gang of brutal criminals. Fujita creates a wildly entertaining action film of remarkable craft, an effortless balancing act between beauty and violence.
Presented with support from The Reginald S. Reinhardt, Ling-Makekau Fund for Asia-Pacific Films and The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“Applies a high aesthetic ideal to a blend of violence and sociopolitical awareness.”
– IndieWire
“A spectacularly stylized action tale.”
– The New York Times