A young woman seeks to avenge her family's murders. Criterion Collection Year 2016 Video Release 2016-01-05 Studio Criterion Collection Genre Action MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 110 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis A young woman Meiko Kaji , trained from childhood as an assassin and hell-bent on revenge for the murders of her father and brother and the rape of her mother, hacks and slashes her way to gory satisfaction in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Japan. Rampant with inventive violence and spectacularly choreographed swordplay, Toshiya Fujita's pair of influential cult classics Lady Snowblood and Lady Snowblood Love Song of Vengeance are bloody, beautiful extravaganzas composed of one elegant widescreen composition after another. The first Lady Snowblood was a major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill saga, and both of Fujita's films remain cornerstones of Asian action cinema. Director Toshiya Fujita Cast Toshiya Fujita; Meiko Kaji