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Shurayukihime

Japan

1973

97 Min

Color

2.35:1

English, Japanese

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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SCR Kazuo Kamimura, Kazuo Koike, Norio Osada

CAST Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida

Based on the manga of the same name by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Kazuo Kamimura it follows the story of the titular assassin seeking vengeance upon the bandits who raped her mother and murdered her father. —Wikipedia

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Mugino

22May12

"Shurayukihime" is a play on words: "Shirayukihime" is the Japanese name for Grimm's "Snow White". "Shura" means pandemonium or carnage; it's also a reference to Asura, the anti-gods in Buddhism who are born trapped in violence and harmful passions. I was expecting kitsch but discovered unexpected complexities. Children bear the burdens of their parents' sins and hatred, unable to find peace without bloodshed.

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