Lady Snowblood
One of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films, and obviously a huge inspiration for Kill Bill (go here for an in-depth comparison), Lady Snowblood is a surprisingly fast-paced story of vengeance (and ass-kicking). An innocent family walk in the woods takes a turn for the absolute worst when a case of mistaken identity leads four ruthless criminals to savagely murder a woman's husband and son, before she is repeatedly raped and set free. She manages to kill one of the four criminals, but is sentenced to life in prison before her job is done. While in prison, she gives birth to a girl, Yuki, who she hands over to her fellow inmates, telling them that she must grow up to avenge the brutal and senseless murders of her family members. Yuki grows up to be a highly skilled killer, bent on retribution.
The story is told in chapters, devoting one chapter each to the gang of four. While it is a very dialogue-heavy movie, there were definitely enough plot twists and action sequences to keep me intrigued throughout the entire movie. The music was fantastic, I can totally picture RZA jamming that shit, which probably explains why the opening song was used in Kill Bill. I love action movies where you can actually see the action (that seems hard to come by these days), and the setting of late 1800's Japan could not be more beautiful; so needless to say, I loved Fujita's delicate camerawork. But alas, the blood that seemed to geyser out of unlucky victims' severed limbs was probably my favorite part, I won't lie.
Grade: A+
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