LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973)

The trailer for 1973’s LADY SNOWBLOOD. Directed by Toshiya Fujita from a script by Norio Osada, based on a story by Kazuo Kamimura & Kazuo Koike. The cast includes Meiko Kaji, Ko Nishimura, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Takeo Chii, Shinichi Uchida, Noboru Nakaya, Yoshiko Nakada, Akemi Negishi, and Kaoru Kusuda.

The plot summary is as follows:

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.

LADY SNOWBLOOD is currently streaming on HBO Max and The Criterion Channel, and it is available for rent/purchase from most digital platforms.