97 mins |
Rated
Not Rated
Directed by Toshiya Fujita
Starring Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Meiko Kaji, Takeo Chii, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida
CHELSEA LATE NIGHTS: CLASSICS EDITION
Staff Pick: Veda
LADY SNOWBLOOD (Toshiya Fujita, 1973, 97min)
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.
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CHELSEA LATE NIGHTS: CLASSICS EDITION
Staff Pick: Veda
LADY SNOWBLOOD (Toshiya Fujita, 1973, 97min)
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.
