| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 186 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical monaural Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video Region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 790 |
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The Criterion collection ; 791 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 790.
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 791.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Lady Snowblood: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida, Takeo Chii, Noboru Nakaya, Yoshiko Nakada, Akemi Negishi, Kaoru Kusuda, Sanae Nakahara, Eiji Okada, Ko Nishimura, Maymi Maemura. |
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Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance: Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Shin Kishida, Koji Nanbara, Rinichi Yamamoto, Toru Abe, Shunsuke Mizoguchi, Akira Hamada, Masasuke Hirose, Juzo Itami. |
| Credits |
Lady Snowblood: Cinematography by Masaki Tamura ; production design by Kazuo Satsuya ; music by Masaaki Hirao ; edited by Osamu Inoue. |
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Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance: Cinematography by Tatsuo Suzuki ; production design by Yukio Higuchi ; music by Kenjiro Hirose ; edited by Osamu Inoue. |
| Note |
Based on manga written by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura. |
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Lady Snowblood originally released as a motion picture in 1973. |
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Lady Snowblood : love song of vengeance originally released as a motion picture in 1974. |
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Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Summary |
A young woman, trained from childhood as an assassin and hellbent on revenge for her father's murder and her mother's 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. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Shurayukihime = Lady Snowblood (97 min.) / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; a Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd production ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; screenplay by Norio Osada ; directed by Toshiya Fujita -- Disc two. Shurayukihime urami koiuta = $t Lady Snowblood: love song of vengeance (89 min.) / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; a Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd production ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; screenplay by Norio Osada and Kiyohide Ohara ; directed by Toshiya Fujita. |
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Disc 1. 修羅雪姬 = Lady Snowblood (97 min.) / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; a Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd production ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; screenplay by Norio Osada ; directed by Toshiya Fujita -- Disc two. 修羅雪姬怨み恋歌 = $t Lady Snowblood: love song of vengeance (89 min.) / Janus Films ; Toho Co., Ltd. ; a Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd production ; produced by Kikumaru Okuda ; screenplay by Norio Osada and Kiyohide Ohara ; directed by Toshiya Fujita. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1: Kazuo Koike (new interview with the writer of the manga that inspired the films); Norio Osada (the screenwriter discusses his adaptation of the manga into two films); Trailer. Disc 2: Trailer. An essay "Flowers of Carnage" by critic Howard Hampton included in container insert. |
| Subject |
Women martial artists -- Japan -- Drama.
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Revenge -- Drama.
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Martial arts -- Drama.
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Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Drama.
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Martial arts. (OCoLC)fst01010821
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Revenge. (OCoLC)fst01096476
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Women martial artists. (OCoLC)fst01178128
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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| Chronological Term |
1868 - 1912
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| Genre/Form |
Martial arts films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Samurai films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Motion pictures -- Japan.
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Action and adventure films. (OCoLC)fst01710568
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Martial arts films. (OCoLC)fst01710575
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Samurai films. (OCoLC)fst01710334
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| Added Author |
Fujita, Toshiya, 1932-1997, film director.
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藤田敏八, 1932-1997, film director.
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Okuda, Kikumaru, film producer.
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Osada, Norio, 1942- screenwriter.
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Ōhara, Kiyohide, screenwriter.
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Kaji, Meiko, actor.
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梶芽亥子, actor.
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Kurosawa, Toshio, actor.
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黒沢年男, actor.
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Daimon, Masaaki, actor.
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Akaza, Miyoko, 1944- actor.
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赤座美代子, 1944- actor.
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Uchida, Shinichi, actor.
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Chii, Takeo, 1942-2012, actor.
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地井武男, 1942-2012, actor.
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Nakaya, Noboru, 1929-2006, actor.
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Nakada, Yoshiko, 1953- actor.
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中田喜子 , 1953- actor.
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Negishi, Akemi, 1934-2008, actor.
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根岸明美 , 1934-2008, actor.
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Kusuda, Kaoru, actor.
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Nakahara, Sanae, 1935-2012, actor.
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Okada, Eiji, 1920-1995, actor.
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岡田英次, 1920-1995, actor.
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Nishimura, Kō, actor.
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西村晃, actor.
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Maemura, Mayumi, actor.
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Harada, Yoshio, 1940-2011, actor.
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原田芳雄, 1940-2011, actor.
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Yoshiyuki, Kazuko, 1935- actor.
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吉行和子, 1935- actor.
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Kishida, Shin, 1939-1982, actor.
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Nanbara, Kōji, 1927-2001, actor.
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南原宏治, 1927-2001, actor.
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Yamamoto, Rinichi, 1927-1980, actor.
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山本麟一 , 1927-1980, actor.
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Abe, Tōru, 1917-1993, actor.
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阿部徹, 1917-1993, actor.
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Mizoguchi, Shunsuke, actor.
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Hamada, Akira, 1941- actor.
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Hirose, Masasuke, actor.
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Itami, Jūzō, 1933-1997, actor.
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伊丹十三, 1933-1997, actor.
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Tamura, Masaki, 1939- director of photography.
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たむらまさき, 1939- director of photography.
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Satsuya, Kazuo, production designer.
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Hirao, Masaaki, 1937- composer (expression)
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Hirose, Kenjirō (Composer), composer (expression)
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Inoue, Osamu, 1932- editor of moving image work.
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井上治, 1932- editor of moving image work.
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Suzuki, Tatsuo, 1935- director of photography.
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鈴木達夫, 1935- director of photography.
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Higuchi, Yukio, production designer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Koike, Kazuo, 1936-
Shurayukihime.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): 小池一夫, 1936-
Shurayukihime.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kamimura, Kazuo.
Shurayukihime.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): 上村一夫.
Shurayukihime.
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Hampton, Howard, 1958- writer of supplementary textual content.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, production company.
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東宝株式会社, production company.
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Tokyo Eiga Co., Ltd., production company.
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Janus Films, film distributor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Container of (work): Shurayukihime (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): 修羅雪姬
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Container of (work): Shurayukihime urami koiuta (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): 修羅雪姬 怨み恋歌
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Lady Snowblood
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Lady Snowblood, love song of vengeance
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Lady Snowblood 2.
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| ISBN |
9781681430966 |
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1681430967 |
| Standard No. |
715515165617 (set) |
| Music No. |
CC2571D The Criterion Collection (container) |
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CC2571D-1 The Criterion Collection (disc 1) |
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CC2571D-2 The Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
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