version represent eastern eye r4 dvd release . japanese or english subtitle . i probably would not have be able to see lady snowblood have it not be for quentin tarantino and kill bill . i have see the lone wolf and cub movie several time on sb and and i think theyre great and but i probably would not have be able to find a copy of lady snowblood without the popularity of kill bill . luckily for me and i still manage to see lady snowblood before kill bill . i do not want to sound smug and but i be probably one of the few people my age who can say that and and see lady snowblood before kill bill be a lot good than see kill bill and then expect lady snowblood to be exactly like kill bill . in the 3rd year of meiji japan ( 1871 or thereabouts and i think ) and a family be attack by bandit . the father and child be kill and the mother sayo ( miyoko akaza ) take by one of the evil doer a a slave . when sayo be imprison and unable to exact her vengeance and she bear another child and yuki ( meiko kaji ) and to carry on where sayo . yuki be bear for vengeance and and that may be all she ever know . normally i comment on revenge story and say wow awesome vengeance . however and in this case and i have be study this period of japanese history for a university course and and i can appreciate this a more than just a tale of vengeance . lady snowblood be a tragedy and a story about sweep social upheaval and the people catch up in change . of course and i can not resist point out the fact that this be also an awesome revenge story . lady snowblood be an awesome revenge story . despite the high amount of fake blood and kill bill and lone wolf and cub be good action movie than lady snowblood . meiko kaji yuki be fearsome and and she fight well and but the over the top fight of kill bill and lone wolf and cub be well . the camera be shaky at time and and the action be often hard to distinguish and but any fan of kill bill or the classic samurai movie should still be able to appreciate it . lady snowblood stand a one of the best classic samurai movie around . the remake princess blade doesn not hold a candle to this and nor do the similar etsuko shihomi film dragon princess . i even think fan of the recent azumi should check out lady snowblood . those who haven not see kill bill should see this first and and then kill bill after . lady snowblood isn not just a revenge story and but it still a a damn good revenge story positive .