Movie
Lady Snowblood
Overview
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Details
- Release date
- 1973-12-01
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Tokyo Eiga, TOHO
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Meiko Kaji as Yuki Kashima
- Toshio Kurosawa as Ryūrei Ashio
- Masaaki Daimon as Gō Kashima
- Miyoko Akaza as Sayo Kashima
- Shinichi Uchida as Shirô Kashima
- Takeo Chii as Tokuichi Shôkei
- Noboru Nakaya as Banzô Takemura
- Yoshiko Nakada as Kobue Takemura
- Akemi Negishi as Tajire no Okiku
- Kaoru Kusuda as Tora Kobayashi
- Mayumi Maemura as Young Yuki
- Eiji Okada as Gishirō Tsukamoto
Crew
- Toshiya Fujita - Director
- Norio Osada - Screenplay
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