Synopsis
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974) is a Japanese samurai action film you can watch online on iFILM. Director Toshiya Fujita brings back the vengeful Yuki Kashima, once again played by Meiko Kaji.
This time the blade takes a back seat to politics. Captured and condemned to hang, Yuki is pulled off the gallows by the secret police: agent Kikui will spare her life if she kills the anarchist Ransui and recovers a document he's hiding. The papers turn out to be a letter exposing Kikui himself, and Yuki throws in with the very people she was sent to destroy. It all plays out in Meiji-era Japan, against a backdrop of state crackdowns on dissent.
The first Lady Snowblood went on to inspire Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill — same blood on snow, same kimono-clad avenger with a sword. The sequel runs colder and grimmer, leaning toward political drama over pure swordplay. Stream Lady Snowblood 2 (1974) online on iFILM.
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