The complete Lady Snowblood

The complete Lady Snowblood

DVD - 2016

A young woman, trained from childhood as an assassin and hellbent on revenge for her father's murder and her mother's rape, hacks and slashes her way to gory satisfaction. Rampant with inventive violence and spectacularly choreographed swordplay, the influential cult classic Lady Snowblood and set in late nineteenth century Japan, is a bloody, beautiful extravaganza composed of one elegant widescreen composition.

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Subjects
Women martial artists > Japan > Drama.
Revenge > Drama.
Martial arts > Drama.
Japan > History > Meiji period, 1868-1912 > Drama.
Martial arts films.
Action and adventure films.
Samurai films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Martial arts films
Action and adventure films
Samurai films
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2016]
Language
Japanese
English
Corporate Authors
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, 東宝株式会社, Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd
Corporate Authors
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, 東宝株式会社 (production company), Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd
Other Authors
Toshiya Fujita, 1932-1997 (film director), Kikumaru Okuda (film producer), Norio Osada, 1942- (screenwriter), Kiyohide Ōhara (actor), Meiko Kaji (-), Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, 1944-, Shinichi Uchida, Takeo Chii, 1942-2012, Noboru Nakaya, 1929-2006, Yoshiko Nakada, 1953-, Akemi Negishi, 1934-2008, Kaoru Kusuda, Sanae Nakahara, 1935-2012, Eiji Okada, 1920-1995, Kō Nishimura, Mayumi Maemura, Yoshio Harada, 1940-2011, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, 1935-, Shin Kishida, 1939-1982, Kōji Nanbara, 1927-2001, Rinichi Yamamoto, 1927-1980, Tōru Abe, 1917-1993, Shunsuke Mizoguchi, Akira Hamada, 1941-, Masasuke Hirose, Jūzō Itami, 1933-1997, Kazuo Koike, 1936-2019, Kazuo. 上村一夫 Kamimura
Edition
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
Title from container.
Based on manga written by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura.
Lady Snowblood originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
Widescreen (2.35:1).
Special features: Disc 1: Kazuo Koike (new interview with the writer of the manga that inspired the films); Norio Osada (the screenwriter discusses his adaptation of the manga into two films); Trailer. Disc 2: Trailer. An essay "Flowers of Carnage" by critic Howard Hampton included in container insert.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 186 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Production Credits
Lady Snowblood: Cinematography by Masaki Tamura ; production design by Kazuo Satsuya ; music by Masaaki Hirao ; edited by Osamu Inoue.
Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance: Cinematography by Tatsuo Suzuki ; production design by Yukio Higuchi ; music by Kenjiro Hirose ; edited by Osamu Inoue.
ISBN
9781681430966
  • Disc 1. Shurayukihime = Lady Snowblood (97 min.) / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; a Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd production ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; screenplay by Norio Osada ; directed by Toshiya Fujita
  • Disc two. Shurayukihime urami koiuta = Lady Snowblood: love song of vengeance (89 min.) / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; a Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd production ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; screenplay by Norio Osada and Kiyohide Ohara ; directed by Toshiya Fujita.

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