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Lady Snowblood
1973. Drama/Mystery. 97 min. NR.
Michigan Theater - Screening Room
Thursday, Feb 27, 2020 7:30 PM
 
Part of the Art of the Camera film series sponsored by The U-M Center for Japanese Studies.

Plays Thursday, February 27 at 7:30 PM at the Michigan!

Cinematographer: Masaki Tamura


Gory revenge is raised to the level of visual poetry in Toshiya Fujita’s stunning Lady Snowblood. A major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill saga, this endlessly inventive film, set in late nineteenth-century Japan, charts the single-minded path of vengeance taken by a young woman (Meiko Kaji) whose parents were the unfortunate victims of a gang of brutal criminals. Fujita creates a wildly entertaining action film of remarkable craft, an effortless balancing act between beauty and violence.


Presented in Japanese with subtitles.



Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

Part of the Art of the Camera film series sponsored by The University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies

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Evening/Weekend Adult - $10.50
Evening/Weekend Student w/ Valid ID - $8.50
Evening/Weekend Senior (65 +) - $8.50
Evening/Weekend Child (under 12) - $8.50

 
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Plays Thursday, February 27 at 7:30 PM at the Michigan!

Gory revenge is raised to the level of visual poetry in Toshiya Fujita’s stunning Lady Snowblood. A major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill saga, this endlessly inventive film, set in late nineteenth-century Japan, charts the single-minded path of vengeance taken by a young woman (Meiko Kaji) whose parents were the unfortunate victims of a gang of brutal criminals. Fujita creates a wildly entertaining action film of remarkable craft, an effortless balancing act between beauty and violence.
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Category:Films
Michigan Films
Art of the Camera
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