The complete Lady Snowblood
(DVD)
Contributors
Fujita, Toshiya, 1932-1997, film director.
Okuda, Kikumaru, film producer.
Osada, Norio, 1942- screenwriter.
Ōhara, Kiyohide, screenwriter.
Kaji, Meiko, actor.
Okuda, Kikumaru, film producer.
Osada, Norio, 1942- screenwriter.
Ōhara, Kiyohide, screenwriter.
Kaji, Meiko, actor.
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 186 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016].
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
jpn
UPC
715515165617 (set)
Notes
General Note
Based on manga written by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura.
General Note
Lady Snowblood originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
General Note
Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
General Note
Widescreen (2.35:1)
General Note
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.
Creation/Production Credits
Lady Snowblood: Cinematography by Masaki Tamura ; production design by Kazuo Satsuya ; music by Masaaki Hirao ; edited by Osamu Inoue.
Creation/Production Credits
Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance: Cinematography by Tatsuo Suzuki ; production design by Yukio Higuchi ; music by Kenjiro Hirose ; edited by Osamu Inoue.
Participants/Performers
Lady Snowblood: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida, Takeo Chii, Noboru Nakaya, Yoshiko Nakada, Akemi Negishi, Kaoru Kusuda, Sanae Nakahara, Eiji Okada, Ko Nishimura, Maymi Maemura.
Participants/Performers
Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance: Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Shin Kishida, Koji Nanbara, Rinichi Yamamoto, Toru Abe, Shunsuke Mizoguchi, Akira Hamada, Masasuke Hirose, Juzo Itami.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
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