Skip to content
Lady Snowblood – 1973 Fujita
- Starts off with a bang- a gorgeous white snow landscape and then turning that snow into red for the credit sequences
- I had no knowledge of her prior to the movie but Meiko Kaji is really good here in the title role
- Clearly the film had a massive influence on Kill Bill and Tarantino
- Straight revenge film- she has almost like a supernatural/hero trait being possessed to revenge her mother
- Long chapter break titles (like QT) and plays brilliantly with narrative structure manipulating the flashbacks, having one flashback accomplished with voice-over and black and white drawings, another one with black and white photos- these are absolutely stunning
- No idea why it took me so long to track this one down- it’s not in the TSPDT top 1000 so maybe that’s it- also I usually don’t think too highly of QT’s favorite movies.
- Constantly moving the camera
- Extremely ambitious all around: stylistically, thematically and narrative- it does not treat itself as a B-film
- Tons of projective spray blood- QT
- Symbolic ending- another claiming revenge on her like she did
- Top 5 film of the year quality film after first viewing
- Must-See
Drake2022-03-27T12:25:07+00:00
Share This Story, Choose Your Platform!
@Harry- thank you very much- should be fixed now. Sorry about that.
@James Trapp- thank you for the help here