Lady Snowblood
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
A young woman, trained from childhood as an assassin and hellbent on revenge for her father₂s murder and her mother₂s rape, hacks and slashes her way to gory satisfaction. Rampant with inventive violence and spectacularly choreographed swordplay, the influential cult classic Lady Snowblood and set in late nineteenth century Japan, is a bloody, beautiful extravaganza composed of one elegant widescreen composition.
Other Authors:
Fujita, Toshiya, 1932-1997, film director.
Okuda, Kikumaru, film producer.
Koike, Kazuo, 1936-2019, author.
Kamimura, Kazuo, author.
Osada, Norio, screenwriter.
Kaji, Meiko, actor.
Kurosawa, Toshio, actor.
Daimon, Masaaki, actor.
Itami, Jūzō, 1933-1997, actor.
Yoshiyuki, Kazuko, actor.
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Fujita, Toshiya, 1932-1997, film director.
Okuda, Kikumaru, film producer.
Koike, Kazuo, 1936-2019, author.
Kamimura, Kazuo, author.
Osada, Norio, screenwriter.
Kaji, Meiko, actor.
Kurosawa, Toshio, actor.
Daimon, Masaaki, actor.
Itami, Jūzō, 1933-1997, actor.
Yoshiyuki, Kazuko, actor.
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Women martial artists -- Japan -- Drama.
Revenge -- Drama.
Martial arts -- Drama.
Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Drama.
Women martial artists -- Japan -- Drama.
Revenge -- Drama.
Martial arts -- Drama.
Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Drama.
UPC: 715515165617
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD FOREIGN Lady | St. Andrews Indoors | DVD | In |
Title from disc label.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Special edition features: new interviews with Kazuo Koike, the writer of the manga that inspired the films, and screenwriter Norio Osada; trailers; an essay by critic by Howard Hampton.
Videorecording.
Cinematography by Masaki Tamura ; music by Masaaki Hirao ; edited by Osamu Inoue.
Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Juzo Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki.
DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital mono.
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Special edition features: new interviews with Kazuo Koike, the writer of the manga that inspired the films, and screenwriter Norio Osada; trailers; an essay by critic by Howard Hampton.
Videorecording.
Cinematography by Masaki Tamura ; music by Masaaki Hirao ; edited by Osamu Inoue.
Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Juzo Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki.
DVD, region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital mono.
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.