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Title:
The complete Lady Snowblood [DVD video] : Lady Snowblood ; Lady Snowblood: love song of vengeance.
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Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 186 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781681430966
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Based on manga written by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura.
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 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.
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.
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.
Contents:
Disc 1. Lady Snowblood (97 min.) / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; a Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd production ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; screenplay by Norio Osada ; directed by Toshiya Fujita -- Disc two. Lady Snowblood: love song of vengeance (89 min.) / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; a Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd production ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; screenplay by Norio Osada and Kiyohide Ohara ; directed by Toshiya Fujita.
Technical Details:
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
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Language:
Japanese
Additional Language:
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
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