Lady Snowblood (1973)
Shurayukihime (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Meiko Kaji	...	Yuki Kashima (Shurayuki-hime)
	Toshio Kurosawa	...	Ryûrei Ashio
	Masaaki Daimon	...	Gô Kashima
	Miyoko Akaza	...	Sayo Kashima
	Shinichi Uchida	...	Shirô Kashima
	Takeo Chii	...	Tokuichi Shôkei
	Noboru Nakaya	...	Banzô Takemura
	Yoshiko Nakada	...	Kobue Takemura
	Akemi Negishi	...	Tajire no Okiku
	Kaoru Kusuda	...	Otora Mikazuki
	Sanae Nakahara	...	Kitahama, Okono
	Hôsei Komatsu	...	Genzô Shibayama
	Makoto Matsuzaki	...	Daikashi
	Hiroshi Hasegawa	...	Daihachi Kachime
	Takehiko Ono

Storyline

Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Though she dies in childbirth, she makes sure that the child will be raised as an assassin to kill the criminals who destroyed her family. Young Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge. Written by Fred Cabral <ftcabral@hotmail.com>  

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