like many of you and id never hear the title lady snowblood before kill bill come out and so when i watch kill bill and saw tarantino mention this film a one of his big influence and well i know i would have to check it out sooner or later . so do tarantino really rip off this flick or what . you bet your double edged sword he do . the story be about this couple who get mug by these four thug . the husband get the ax by the killer and the wife get rap by all of them many time . when the lady kill one of the killer and slay him she end up in jail pregnant with a bastard child . when the child be bear the mother dy and but not before whisper into the child ear that her only purpose in life will be to kill those who be responsible for the death of her family . that little girl be raise by a kung fu master and end up be lady snowblood . a creature live only to avenge those who murder her entire family . i wont say tarantino isn not a genius on his own right the guy be one of my favorite and but when he get inspire he sure know where to get his inspiration from . there many image lift right off from this movie . let see the most notable of all rip offs be oren ishii who be no doubt mold after lady snowblood herself . right down to her underground gangster deal and her ugly past . right down to want to avenge her parent death . she chop head and slice and dice like she mean it . blood spray out in huge amount in the same way that it spray in kill bill and a if you just open a sprinkler system to water your lawn . there the four or five people that she have to kill which pop up in her mind every time she see them and exactly the same way a in kill bill . and i mean exactly the same way and all four bad guy look down at the camera a if the camera be on the floor . lady snowblood have a list of people she have to kill and i mean the similarity be astound . but still and it do not really bother me since i be enjoy this damn movie so much . the story be what really pull you in . it a fantastically woven revenge film to the nth degree . i mean the level of hatred thats transfer onto lady snowblood when she be a child and the horrible thing that happen to her spawn one of the most hatred fill character that i have see in a long time . just like beatrix kiddo and lady snowblood ( aka yuki kashima ) stop at no one plea of mercy . she execute her revenge no matter what circumstance have occur or change from the time of her parent death . basically it a you do it now you pay for it kind of story . but with some wonderful character and complication along the way . there be many excellent thing about this movie but the most pivotal of all be the flawless direction bring on by toshiya fujita . i mean this movie be like ahead of it time or something . or maybe thats just the way movie be make in the seventy and it raise to such cool level in a natural way . but this film have all these visual gag and trick that could have only be spawn from that glorious era know a the 70 . many scene show that this director take special care in make this movie special and like those scene with lady snowblood walking in the snow with her dress fill with the blood of her victim . so even though this movie get pretty gory and violent and visually id say it very elegant . the music be also incredibly good and mixing traditional asian music with this great theme song that tarantino take from this very movie and place it in his . the song add an incredible emotion to the film and specially when you know what it say . also of special notice be the movie excellent performance . from the whole cast we get nothing but credibility and sincerity in the acting . there an excellent scene in which yukis mother be give birth and die at the same time and the dialog and performance she give be really something . if there something i have to say that i do not like it that the blood look too red and too liquid . i mean and i know blood be liquid but not like water . blood be thick and sticky and on this movie the blood look a cartoonish red and flow like water which rest a couple of notch of credibility . but thats really nothing and the film be damn near perfect for me . also do not go in expect a kung fu movie cause this isn not a kung fu movie it a revenge movie . don not get me wrong and there swordplay involve and lot of violence . decapitation and body split in half and hand cut off . but not necessarily any kung fu fight involve . so and lot of gore and slicing and dicing and but no kung fu . in conclusion and a very very kick as film . this be be kill bill be bear and kill bill be as good a it be because it be already rip off an truly excellent film . so and yeah and id say go out of your freak way to get this movie as soon a you can and enjoy one of the cool revenge film to come out of asian cinema . lady snowblood will get revenge on you if you do not . ( corny way to end my review and i know ) rating represent 5 out of 5 .