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Lady Snowblood [videorecording] / Toho Co., Ltd. ; directed by Toshiya Fujita ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; original authors, Kazuo Koike, Kazuo Kamimura ; screenplay by Norio Osada, Kiyohide Ohara.

藤田敏八, 1932-1997, film director.梶芽亥子, actor.黒沢年男, actor.赤座美代子, 1944- actor.地井武男, 1942-2012, actor.中田喜子 , 1953- actor.根岸明美 , 1934-2008, actor.岡田英次, 1920-1995, actor.西村晃, actor.原田芳雄, 1940-2011, actor.吉行和子, 1935- actor.南原宏治, 1927-2001, actor.山本麟一 , 1927-1980, actor.阿部徹, 1917-1993, actor.伊丹十三, 1933-1997, actor.東宝株式会社, production company. Fujita, Toshiya, 1932-1997 (film director.). Okuda, Kikumaru, (film producer.). Osada, Norio, (screenwriter.). Ōhara, Kiyohide, (screenwriter.). Kaji, Meiko, (actor.). Kurosawa, Toshio, (actor.). Daimon, Masaaki, (actor.). Akaza, Miyoko, 1944- (actor.). Uchida, Shin-ichi, (actor.). Chii, Takeo, 1942-2012 (actor.). Nakaya, Noboru, 1929-2006 (actor.). Nakada, Yoshiko, 1953- (actor.). Negishi, Akemi, 1934-2008 (actor.). Kusuda, Kaoru, (actor.). Maemura, Maymi, (actor.). Okada, Eiji, 1920-1995 (actor.). Nishimura, Kō, (actor.). Harada, Yoshio, 1940-2011 (actor.). Yoshiyuki, Kazuko, 1935- (actor.). Kishida, Shin, (actor.). Nanbara, Kōji, 1927-2001 (actor.). Yamamoto, Rinichi, 1927-1980 (actor.). Abe, Tōru, 1917-1993 (actor.). Itami, Jūzō, 1933-1997 (actor.). Koike, Kazuo, 1936- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Shurayukihime. (Added Author). Kamimura, Kazuo. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Shurayukihime. (Added Author). Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Lady Snowblood: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida, Takeo Chii, Noboru Nakaya, Yoshiko Nakada, Akemi Negishi, Kaoru Kusuda, Maymi Maemura, Eiji Okada, Ko Nishimura. (Cast). Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance: Meiko Kaji, Juzo Itami, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Shin Kishida, Koji Nanbara, Rinichi Yamamoto, Toru Abe. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781681430966
ISBN: 1681430967
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 186 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet.
Edition: Two-DVD special edition.
Publisher: [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:	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 edition features: new interviews with Kazuo Koike, the writer of the manga that inspired the films, and screenwriter Norio Osada; trailers. An essay "Flowers of Carnage" by critic Howard Hampton included in container insert. BPL: volume 1 is Lady Snowblood, volume 2 is Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance. Title from container.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. Lady Snowblood / Toho Co., Ltd. ; directed by Toshiya Fujita ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; original authors, Kazuo Koike, Kazuo Kamimura ; screenplay by Norio Osada -- Disc two. Lady Snowblood: love song of vengeance / Toho Co., Ltd. ; directed by Toshiya Fujita ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; original authors, Kazuo Koike, Kazuo Kamimura ; screenplay by Norio Osada, Kiyohide Ohara.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Lady Snowblood: Cinematography by Masaki Tamura ; music by Masaaki Hirao ; edited by Osamu Inoue. Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance: Cinematography by Tatsuo Suzuki ; music by Kenjiro Hirose ; edited by Osamu Inoue.
Participant or Performer Note:	Lady Snowblood: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida, Takeo Chii, Noboru Nakaya, Yoshiko Nakada, Akemi Negishi, Kaoru Kusuda, Maymi Maemura, Eiji Okada, Ko Nishimura. Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance: Meiko Kaji, Juzo Itami, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Shin Kishida, Koji Nanbara, Rinichi Yamamoto, Toru Abe.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language Note:	In Japanese with English subtitles.