Lady Snowblood
Opening May 30
NR • 1h 36m
A film by Toshiya Fujita
Starring Meiko Kaji
About the film
A major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill saga, this endlessly inventive film, set in late nineteenth-century Japan, charts the single-minded path of vengeance taken by a young woman (Meiko Kaji) whose parents were the unfortunate victims of a gang of brutal criminals.
Mandatory viewing for all KILL BILL fans. Meiko Kaji is a heartstopping beauty with big, expressive eyes that are suitably haunted-looking for the character she portrays.
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic