base on a comic by late kazuo kamimura and kazuo koike and shurayukihime be a story about vengeance and rebellion . shurayuki who have her father murder by conspiracy go out to avenge the three conspirator . in the original plot and there be some element of rebellion against the government that be the ultimate culprit of the conspiracy and but in the movie and this do not play a main role of the story except where yuki kill the police force that capture ashio . the movie which attract little attention when it be release and now have world wide audience thanks to tarantino give it credit a inspiration for kill bill . the back drop of battle between oren ishii and black mamba be almost verbatim copy of the last scene from this movie . there be little known part 2 of this movie release in 1974 which pick up after this one with kaji reprise her role a yuki . more recently a version do by yumiko shaku be release in 2001 with backdrop set in the future and and story which be almost unrelated to the original except yuki eventually avenge her mother murderer and that her organization takemikazuchi be rebel against the the government . some of kamimura original artwork of shurayukihime can be see in his website at kamimurakazuo . comthe movie be unusually graphic for a japanese movie of it era . meiko kaji be a star of another dark comic turn movie sasori . her mood fit this type of role perfectly . watch this movie for it action and and historical value .