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Lady Snowblood

1973 · 97 min

A cold, beautiful tale of vengeance that unfolds like a bloody snowstorm, mixing stylized swordplay with deep melancholy.

Overview
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • grief
  • family
  • betrayal
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
action, crime, drama
Directed by
Toshiya Fujita
Written by
Norio Osada
Starring
Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida, Takeo Chii, Noboru Nakaya, Yoshiko Nakada
Music
Masaaki Hirao
Cinematography
Masaki Tamura
Runtime
97 min
Country
Japan
Languages
English, Japanese

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