Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance 修羅雪姫 | |
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Directed by | Toshiya Fujita |
Written by | Kazuo Uemura Kazuo Koike |
Produced by | Kikumaru Okuda |
Starring | Meiko Kaji Juzo Itami |
Cinematography | Masaki Tamura |
Music by | Masaaki Hirao |
Distributed by | Toho |
Release dates | December 1, 1973 |
Running time | 97 min |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (修羅雪姫, Shurayukihime - Urami Renga) is a 1974 Japanese film directed by Toshiya Fujita and starring Meiko Kaji. It is based on the manga of the same name by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Kazuo.
Story
Kashima Yuki is now tired and on the run from authorities following her recent assassinations of 37 people. After becoming surrounded by the law, rather than fight, she submits to whatever fate awaits her. Being quickly tried and sentenced to death by hanging, she is suddenly rescued by the mysterious Kikui Seishiro, head of Secret Police. Once inside his remote and opulent headquarters, he propositions Kashima to once again take up her sword and secretly assassinate an "enemy of the State", the political anarchist Tokunaga Ransui. Rasui is in possession of a critical document which Kikui seems quite obsessed with, deeming it highly dangerous to the stability of the government. If Kashima can obtain and deliver the document to Kikui, he will grant her immunity from her charges.
Kashima is soon able to infiltrate Ransui's home posing as a geisha, and sets about looking for the document. But the more she observes Ransui, the more she questions the path Kikui has put her on. When Ransui confides in Yuki, knowing full well who she is, asking her to deliver the document to his brother Shusuke, Kashima will be forced to decide her allegiance. [1]