Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

"Born in prison on a snowy night, she's on an endless journey of carnage"

1974 1h 29m JA

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★6.4TMDB · 147

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Synopsis

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Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.

“Born in prison on a snowy night, she's on an endless journey of carnage”

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Cast

Meiko Kaji
Yuki Kashima
Yoshio Harada
Shusuke Tokunaga
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Aya Tokunaga
Shin Kishida
Seishiro Kikui
Kōji Nanbara
Toad
Rinichi Yamamoto
Inspector Maruyama
Tōru Abe
Kendo Terauchi
Masasuke Hirose
Shiba Yutaro

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toshiya Fujita
Writers: Norio Osada, Kiyohide Ohara
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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52 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Lady Snowblood Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Toshiya Fujita, shot by Tatsuo Suzuki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kenjiro Hirose. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Osamu Inoue shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Meiko Kaji and Yoshio Harada and Kazuko Yoshiyuki carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toshiya Fujita directs. Tatsuo Suzuki behind the camera. Kenjiro Hirose scores. Osamu Inoue cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
252 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Lady Snowblood Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Toshiya Fujita, shot by Tatsuo Suzuki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Kenjiro Hirose. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Osamu Inoue shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Meiko Kaji and Yoshio Harada and Kazuko Yoshiyuki carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Born in prison on a snowy night, she's on an endless journey of carnage".
10IMDB entry: tt0072157 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 12 themes, including "assassin", "assassination", "sequel", "female assassin".