Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
(1974)
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
(1974)
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Meiko Kaji | ... |
Shurayuki-hime (Yuki Kashima)
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Jûzô Itami | ... |
Ransui Tokunaga
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki | ... |
Aya Tokunaga
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Shusuke Tokunaga
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Shin Kishida | ... |
Seishiro Kikui
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Tôru Abe | ... |
Terauchi Kendo
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Rin'ichi Yamamoto | ... |
Inspector Maruyama
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Kôji Nanbara | ... |
Toad
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Shosuke Hirose | ... |
Shiba Yutaro
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Shunsuke Mizoguchi | ... |
Sekiguchi Eizo
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Akira Hamada | ... |
Okada Takichi
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Hiroshi Ishiya | ... |
Yoshizawa
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Mizuho Suzuki | ... |
Narrator
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Shôichi Hirose |
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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. Written by Fred Cabral <ftcabral@hotmail.com>
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.