Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
"Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga" (original title)

Lady Snowblood is caught in the politics of 19th century Japan.

Director:

Toshiya Fujita

Writers:

Kazuo Kamimura (story), Kazuo Koike (story),

Stars:

Meiko Kaji, Jûzô Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Meiko Kaji	...	Shurayuki-hime (Yuki Kashima)
Jûzô Itami	...	Ransui Tokunaga
Kazuko Yoshiyuki	...	Aya Tokunaga
Yoshio Harada	...	Shusuke Tokunaga
Shin Kishida	...	Seishiro Kikui
Tôru Abe	...	Terauchi Kendo
Rin'ichi Yamamoto	...	Inspector Maruyama
Kôji Nanbara	...	Toad
Shosuke Hirose	...	Shiba Yutaro
Shunsuke Mizoguchi	...	Sekiguchi Eizo
Akira Hamada	...	Okada Takichi
Hiroshi Ishiya	...	Yoshizawa
Mizuho Suzuki	...	Narrator
Shôichi Hirose

Storyline

Lady Snowblood (Shurayuki-hime) is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes (in Lady Snowblood I). As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.

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Plot Keywords:

black death | female warrior | good versus evil | dark heroine | severed hand | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

15 June 1974 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At one point, a man fires multiple rounds at Yuki from a sawed off shotgun. However, without reloading he fires many more rounds than a shotgun of that size could hold in the magazine.

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Connections

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

User Reviews

A beautiful lurid splash of a movie.

The stunning Meiko Kaji reprises her role as Shurayuki-hime (roughly translated "Princess Snow-Hell"), the beautiful agent of death. This time she is not out for personal vengeance, but is caught up in the political intrigue of the Meiji era of 19th century Japan. Caught between revolutionaries and secret policemen, Yuki makes sure the bad guys meet a particularly nasty end. It's great to see a samurai film featuring a female in the lead role. It was co-written by Kazuo Koike of "Lone Wolf and Cub" fame and features a role by Juzo Itami who later went on to direct "Tampopo" and "A Taxing Woman" among other films. Director Toshiya Fujita has a wonderful sense of color and this movie is a vibrant and violent classic.