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Lady Snowblood (live-action movie 1973)

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Alternative title:
Shura Yuki-hime (Japanese)
修羅雪姫 (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama
Themes: historical
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Her mother named her Shurayuki -- Snowblood. Her life was created to avenge the murder of her father and the rape and humiliation of her mother. Remembering her mother's face even from birth, Shurayuki-hime trains to become the best fighter, the best avenger. She moves from place to place, tracking down the murderers and delivering her bloody justice.
Running time: 97 minutes
Vintage: 1973
Ending Theme:
"Shura no Hana (Flower of Carnage)" by Meiko Kaji
Trivia: We have 1
Comment:
Remade in 2001 as the science fiction/Samurai flick The Princess Blade.
News:
Criterion to Release Lady Snowblood Live-Action Film Set in January (Oct 18, 2015)
London Lady Snowblood Screening April 24 (Apr 9, 2013)
Lady Snowblood Plus Strike Witches S2 and Clannad After Story Released Monday (Sep 23, 2012)
Lady Snowblood Double Bill DVD/Blu-ray September 24 (Aug 15, 2012)
Other article:
The Mike Toole Show - Anime In Three Dimensions (Dec 5, 2010)
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Blu-ray
    Complete Lady Snowblood (Blu-ray) 2016-01-05 (from $25.34)
DVD (Region 1)
    Lady Snowblood - DVD Box Set (Sub.DVD) 2005-11-08 (from $21.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Screenplay: Norio Osada
Music: Masaaki Hirao
Original Manga:
Kazuo Kamimura
Kazuo Koike
Art Director: Kazuo Matsuya
Sound Director: Noboru Kamikura
Director of Photography: Masaki Tamura
Producer: Kikumaru Okuda

Assistant Director: Kiyoshi Segawa
Editing: Osamu Inoue
Electrician: Chôshirô Ishii
Production Design: Kazuo Satsuya
Production manager: Hiroaki Tanno
Still Photography: Naomi Hashiyama
Sword Choreographer: Kunishiro Hayashi
Theme Song Performance: Meiko Kaji (ED)
Meiko Kaji as Yuki Kajima

Eiji Okada as Gishirō Tsukamoto
Kō Nishimura as Priest Dōkai
Miyoko Akaza as Sayo Kajima
Noboru Nakaya as Banzō Takemura
Sanae Nakahara as Okono Kitahama
Toshio Kurosawa as Ryūrei Ashio
Yoshiko Nakada as Kobue Takemura

Akemi Negishi as Tajire no Okiku
Hiroshi Hasegawa as Daihachi Kachime
Hitoshi Takagi as Matsuemon
Hōsei Komatsu as Genzō Shibayama
Kai Atō as Henchman
Kaoru Kusuda as Otora Mikazuki
Kenji Okura as Henchman
Makoto Matsuzaki as Daikashi
Masaaki Daimon as Gō Kajima
Mayumi Maemura as Young Yuki
Shinichi Uchida as Shirō Kashima
Takehiko Ono as Susumu Kuroki
Takeo Chii as Tokuichi Shōkei

Ichiro Kijima
Shōichi Hirose
Japanese companies
Music Production: Teichiku Entertainment
Production: TOHO
English staff
English companies
Executive producer: Robert J. Woodhead
Distributor: Criterion
Licensed by: AnimEigo
Theatrical: ITC Entertainment (UK)
English cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Lucky Red
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Broadcaster: VOX
German cast
(none)
Danish staff
Danish companies
(none)
Distributor: Another World Entertainment (DVD)
Danish cast
(none)

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